Socceroos skipper Mile Jedinak will be available for the World Cup qualifiers against Japan and Thailand if he gets through club duty this week unscathed.
Coach Ange Postecoglou told ABC's Offsiders he had been in regular contact with Jedinak, who was selected in his preliminary 30-man squad despite struggling with the groin injury that kept him out of the Confederations Cup.
But he expects Jedinak should be right, provided he plays and recovers well from at least one of Aston Villa's two matches this week.
"He's an important part of what we've been building and what people don't know is he's been playing hurt for probably the last 12 to 18 months for us," Postecoglou said.