Glory hoping against triple jab mandate

Perth Glory owner Tony Sage says his losses have now soared past $40 million, and his hopes of cashing in on Daniel Sturridge's popularity could be thwarted by a potential three-jab policy.

Glory forked out big to snare former Liverpool star Sturridge on a one-year deal, and a pumping crowd of 17,198 attended his A-League Men debut in round one.

Perth have been on the road ever since due to Western Australia's hard border, and the club was dealt a further blow when the planned February 5 reopening was postponed indefinitely.

Glory are still hopeful of being able to return home in late February and host a glut of matches under a fly-in, fly-out scenario for visiting sides.

But even those plans are now up in the air as the WA government considers imposing a COVID-19 booster vaccine mandate on any visitors to the state.

If that is the case, it would be near impossible for Glory to host games.

One alternative scenario would be a requirement for returning WA-based sides to be triple jabbed but visiting sides only needing to be double jabbed.

"If they make rules like you've got to be triple jabbed to get into the state, and if all the other teams aren't triple jabbed, what do we do?" Sage told AAP.

"We can't force every other player in the league to get tripled jabbed. Victoria, NSW and Queensland aren't making their people do it.

"I don't know the jab status of every player in the league.

"Our guys aren't even triple jabbed, so are they allowed to come back? Some players might not want to do it."

Sage became a part-owner of Glory in 2007 and became the outright owner two years later.

He has poured millions of dollars into the club, with the past two COVID-affected seasons proving particularly costly.

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