Western Sydney Wanderers coach Tony Popovic recruits talented youngsterJosh Baressi and promotes Yianni Perkatis Western Sydney Wanderers coach Tony Popovic. Picture: Mark Metcalfe. WANDERERS coach Tony Popovic has begun to put in place the foundations of the club's long-term future by snapping up talented young midfielder Josh Baressi and promoting youth team captain Yianni Perkatis. Having signed deals for the next two seasons both 18 year olds go straight into the first team squad, Baressi initially as an injury replacement for Tahj Minniecon, though Perkatis had been training with the senior players for most of the season. It's understood that Popovic moved for Baressi after seeing him play for the AIS against the Wanderers in the National Youth League this season and being impressed enough to offer him a senior contract. Perkatis, also a midfielder, played for Australia in the Under 17 World Cup in Mexico in 2011 and is a product of western Sydney. "We have short, medium and long term goals and we will be looking to the future at every opportunity," Popovic said. In our first season we hastily put together a youth side but we will take more time in the future to identify and develop young players that fit into the style and culture of the football club that we are creating. Meanwhile Perth could welcome back captain Jacob Burns, Travis Dodd, Dean Heffernan and Nick Ward at Newcastle on Friday night after the quartet missed last week's 2-1 win over Sydney. You really wouldn't want to wish that upon anyone the kind of pain you're in and how restricted you are in everyday life.