Kemeny took control of the sky blues 16 months ago and was the third to fill the role, following Walter Bugno's departure after season one and Edmund Capo's year-long reign.

Kemeny was hand-picked for the job by Lowy, but the shopping centre magnate's decision to sell his stake in the club appears to have prompted Kemeny's departure.

New owners David Traktovenko and Paul Ramsay take control in March - and Kemeny has eased the way for them to stamp their own mark on the club by announcing he will vacate his position, saying it was only "fair and reasonable".

He reportedly told Australian Jewish News that he will step aside in March to make way for the club's fourth chairman in as many years when they take over.

In its short history, the club has also had four CEOs and four coaches - but Kemeny insists Sydney are not on the verge of hiring their fifth manager.

One of Kemeny's first acts was to axe previous manager Branko Culina and replace him with John Kosmina after a disappointing start to last season.

But Kemeny has vowed under-fire coach Kosmina will stay in his job...although he warned the coach will have to raise his game next season.

"There is no question John should have done better,” Kemeny told the AJN. “He knows that, but that doesn’t mean you get rid of the guy – he has to do better next year."

He defended his club's signings - but said he would not have allowed Brazilian legend Juninho to join the club if he had been boss when contracts were being exchanged.

"I wouldn’t have signed Juninho if I was in charge – players of certain age, not reputation should be signed,” he said.

“We are allowed four imports, we signed two and we chose to sign [Mark Bridge and Stuart Musialik] two extremely promising local players instead.

“We were of the opinion that unless we could get better quality from overseas, we would do that. We didn’t succeed, but that was the rationale.”