The Kiwi winger "jumped at" the chance to return to a club where he has won all three of Australia's major domestic trophies
New Zealand winger Kosta Barbarouses has returned to Melbourne Victory for the next two A-League seasons just over a year since he left the Big V for Wellington Phoenix.
Victory announced the capture of the 27-year-old on Tuesday, with Barbarouses set to return to the club where he won the 2014-15 A-League double and the 2015 FFA Cup.
Barbarouses won the Phoenix's Player of the Year award in 2016-17 but negotiated an early release from his two-year deal earlier this month due to unspecified off-field issues.