Former Socceroos midfielder Burns was in the final season of a three-year deal but will now be with the club until the end of the 2013/14 campaign, the club announced today.

Striker Billy Mehmet, who has scored four goals from 18 games in his first season in Perth, has also signed a new two-year deal.

Glory have several key players, in addition to coach Ian Ferguson, coming out of contract at the end of the season and made bringing back Burns a priority after the 33-year-old played an important role in the team's surge up the ladder to fourth spot.

Burns, who also won last season's Most Glorious Player award, has started all but one of Perth's games in 2011/12 and said he was delighted to sign a new deal.

The former Leeds United midfielder said there was some chance he could keep playing beyond that two-year deal and that he would consider entering coaching once he retired.

"You look in Europe and these old guys just keep on signing new deals, so you never know," he said.

"I can only take each game as it comes but the body is feeling really good, I'm feeling fit and well. I'm not thinking about anything beyond that.

"I've been playing the game for some 20-odd years so I'd love to stay involved in the game. I can't see myself being away from it, I think I'd miss it too much."

Meanwhile, Mehmet said the extra professionalism in the A-League compared to his previous clubs in Turkey had convinced him to stay with Perth.

"When you look at the way they treated people over there and you come here and see the comparison ... it was a completely different world," he said.

"We wouldn't get paid on time, sometimes you wouldn't even be training with the team. But here I'm happy and I'm glad I've got this sorted."

The 28-year-old started 13 of Glory's first 14 games this season but has been relegated to a substitute role since returning from injury.

Perth still have numerous players coming out of contract, including key players Josh Mitchell, Steve Pantelidis, Steven McGarry, Mile Sterjovski and young gun Adam Taggart.

Another player nearing the end of his contract, right-back Scott Neville, returned to full training for the first time since his November knee surgery on Wednesday.

Ferguson said he planned to give Neville at least two runs in the National Youth League, likely beginning with the match against Brisbane on February 26, before bringing him back into the first team.