Sterjovski was left out of the initial squad for the friendly clash with The Netherlands and the game against Oman in Melbourne, leading many to fear his chances of figuring in Pim Verbeek's World Cup plans were slim.

This was because the only two A-League-based players consistently playing for Australia since the completion of World Cup qualification last July have been Gold Coast United's Jason Culina and Brisbane's Craig Moore.

Sterjovski and his Glory team-mates Jacob Burns and Chris Coyne were all part of that successful World Cup campaign, but many argued the trio's move to Perth from Europe has hampered their national eligibility.

But Sterjovski poured cold water on this theory, saying he felt he remained in contention and could prove it.

"I was disappointed not to be called up," Sterjovski said on Wednesday. "But I actually was meant to go into camp in Melbourne after the Adelaide game but I got injured.

"That was the most disappointing thing for me, 'cause they might have given me a chance to play there.

"But the World Cup's still a long time away. We've got plenty of time to make it into the squad and the same kind of thing happened to me last time around and I ended up making the team.

"I'm not too worried at the moment, the most important thing is to keep playing regularly and to play well and to win games."

Now Sterjovski is confident he can recover from the injury in time for Glory's important clash against Melbourne Victory on Sunday.

Sterjovski, who has been sidelined for the past two weeks with an ankle injury, trained today in a bid to be fit for the game.

The former Derby County midfielder admitted he was frustrated he was forced to watch from the sidelines, as Glory suffered two consecutive losses to Gold Coast United and North Queensland Fury.

"I thought I was going to be right for the game against North Queensland," he said. "(But) after the final training session it felt a bit sore and we didn't want to risk it and make any further damage.

"I don't know exactly what it was - it's pretty bizarre. Obviously you want to be out there and play for the guys. Just to be watching from the sidelines was very frustrating.

"The way I'm feeling I'd say I'm 90 per cent (to play), but I have four days to see how it goes."

Glory take on a Victory side who are second on the A-League ladder after two successive wins. While Perth have a good record over Melbourne at ME Bank in recent times, Sterjovski wasn't taking anything for granted.

"Melbourne's always going to be a difficult team to play," he said. "They've been pretty consistent in every competition since it's started. We're not expecting an easy game, even though we have a pretty good record against them in Perth."

Perth welcome back English defender Andy Todd from suspension for the game, but suffered a blow after influential midfielder Victor Sikora was ruled out for two weeks with a hamstring tear.

The Dutch midfielder said the diagnosis had come as a shock.

"It is a big surprise, I thought it was feeling tight only but the scans showed there were two tears, it really was a nasty surprise," Sikora said.

"I have felt more tightness in games before and nothing has happened but unfortunately this time something was there."