Sydney FC coach Vitezslav Lavicka is eyeing a Socceroos star as he bids to strengthen the creative and attacking parts of his A-League winning team, after snapping up goalkeeper Liam Reddy.

The newly-crowned champions have moved quickly in the aftermath of last week’s triumph, securing three members of their coaching staff and re-signing veteran defender Hayden Fox earlier in the week.

The worst kept A-League secret was finally confirmed on Thursday when 28-year-old Reddy agreed to a three-year contract, moving across from the Wellington Phoenix.

The Sydney-born shot stopper was looking forward to coming home after stints with Newcastle, Brisbane and Wellington.

“They’ve got a great coaching staff and structure at the club and that was a major drawcard for me,” Reddy said.

“This club wants to achieve things and I want to win a competition, so that’s the major reason I’ve come here.”

Lavicka and senior club management spent Tuesday planning for their title defence next season, covering a wide range of issues.

With Reddy and the recently re-signed Ivan Necevsky covering the goalkeeping position, Lavicka will turn his attention to strengthening the attacking part of his side.

His top priority is replacing retired playmaker Steve Corica, while he will also pursue an extra striker, with veteran forward John Aloisi yet to decide his future.

Sydney will hold further talks over the next few days with Aloisi, whose contract expires next Wednesday, and who has been linked to incoming A-League franchise Melbourne Heart.

Czech-born Lavicka will use his imminent holiday in Europe to check out some potential recruits.

Sydney has at least two import spots available and possibly a third, depending on when grand final captain Terry McFlynn receives his Australian citizenship.

“We need to replace Steve Corica and we need to find and bring the right person for that position and still we would like to improve the attacking part as well, that means bringing another good quality striker,” Lavicka said.

Lavicka revealed he was looking at a European-based Socceroo to replace Corica and while he was coy about revealing the identity, it sounded suspiciously like it could be English-based Nick Carle.

“The priority for us is an Australian player who plays overseas. It’s very difficult because he’s under contract over there,” Lavicka said.

“He has impressed me the last two seasons. He’s a number 10 player, a Socceroos player.”

While Reddy replaces the departed Clint Bolton, Sydney has also lost defender Simon Colosimo to Korean club FC Seoul, while Slovak international midfielder Karol Kisel is not expected to return to Sydney.

Reddy did not anticipate any awkward moments training alongside young Sydney striker Chris Payne, who scored a controversial goal against him during the finals after clearly handling the ball.

“Obviously I will give him a little bit of stick, but I can’t give him too much, because Sydney ended up beating Wellington, so he will come back at me twice as bad,” Reddy said.

-AAP