Sky Blues delay detail of deal with Del Piero Delay ... Del Piero. ALESSANDRO DEL PIERO will wear Sydney FC colours again next season after the club and player agreed to extend his stay but the deal might not be announced for a few days yet. The Italian has enjoyed a spectacular first season in the A-League, scoring 11 goals in 18 matches and putting himself firmly in contention for the competition's player of the year award. While there has been confusion about whether Del Piero has signed a one- or two-year deal, neither are strictly true. He has an option to renew his existing contract, worth $2 million a season, for a second year. That option expires on February 28 - hence the rush to get the deal pushed through. Both parties have the right to opt out before then but the club's board has ratified the extension of Del Piero's stay. Del Piero's representatives indicated to the club months ago he wanted to stay next season but the club preferred to wait after the 38-year-old suffered back-to-back hamstring injuries. Now, having proved his fitness and form, the club want the extension resolved as swiftly as possible. Fairfax Media revealed on Monday the agreement could be finalised this week after discussions between the club's chairman Scott Barlow and chief executive Tony Pignata and Del Piero's representative, his brother Stefano. Stefano has spent the past week in Australia to tweak the final parts of the deal. He watched Saturday's 2-1 win over Adelaide United with the club's owner David Traktovenko, Pignata and Del Piero's wife, Sonia Amoruso, who hugged Traktovenko after the full-time whistle. With Stefano set to return to Italy this week, the club expects to have the contract resolved before he departs, setting the stage for an announcement, possibly next week. "We're still in negotiations with Alessandro's management and we're looking forward to an outcome shortly," Pignata said on Wednesday night. It's not been signed off, and I can't make any further comment on the matter. I'll say that we are hopeful and confident, as we have always been. Del Piero said this month he was hoping to stay on if a few small details could be ironed out. If I stay next year, I'll be happy. I'm very happy to be here," he said. At the moment, we are discussing for the next year. When you discuss about the next year, for sure, the answer is yes. But for sure we have to fix a couple of things first. The sticking point has not been money, but the club is keen to get increased value from its marquee man for promotional purposes, such as attending sponsor and club events and being able to use his image more freely. Del Piero's image is tightly controlled by his management company, which has a strict policy on how he is photographed and in what medium his image can be publicly distributed. The club signed a two-year deal with major sponsor Webjet weeks before discussions with Del Piero became public, creating global and domestic exposure many times what the online travel agency expected - and making its deal worth much more than the $500,000 a season it originally agreed to pay. Meanwhile, Football Federation Australia has promoted chief financial officer John Kelly to chief operating officer, making him second-in-command for day-to-day operations under chief executive David Gallop. The former Network Ten executive was instrumental in sealing the FFA's $160 million television deal over four years.