Postecoglou ditches four Diogo Ferreira in action for the Victory in 2011. Marco Rojas was the man Ange Postecoglou didn't want to lose, but other players are more expendable as the Victory boss rebuilds his squad for a tilt at the 2013-14 championship. While Rojas, who won the Johnny Warren Medal as the A-League's player of the year, flew the coop on Thursday to move to Europe, Postecoglou released four players on Friday who do not feature in his future plans. Diogo Ferreira, Spase Dilevski, Tando Velaphi and Sam Gallagher will not be offered new deals. Ferreira was the longest serving of the quartet, having played 57 games - including five Asian Champions League appearances - for the club. He scored three goals across both competitions. Velaphi was signed, like Ferreira, in the Ernie Merrick era. His chances were cruelled by an injury that kept him out for his first season at the club, and by the time Postecoglou took over he had fallen behind his understudy, Lawrence Thomas, in the pecking order. Both were then displaced by Nathan Coe, who was signed soon after the start of this season. Gallagher joined from Central Coast in the short-lived Jim Magilton period, but made little impact, while Dilevski, a former European-based utility, was brought in by Postecoglou after parting company with Adelaide, but failed to become a regular. ■Melbourne Heart's young striker, Eli Babalj, is hoping to make an impression in Europe with his second attempt to win a contract on the continent. Babalj is currently trialling with Dutch Eredivisie side AZ Alkmaar. He returned to Melbourne this season after a move to Serbian club Red Star Belgrade turned sour.