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Phoenix facing mammoth rebuild in early test for Talay

Can Wellington recover after losing their coach and a number of star players?

After a season of resurgence under Mark Rudan, Wellington Phoenix find themselves virtually at square one again after a turbulent start to their off-season.

With coach Mark Rudan departing the club for Western United, a number of key players have quickly followed him out the door.

From reigning Johnny Warren medalist Roy Krishna and star foreign keeper Filip Kurto to long-serving captain Andrew Durante, the Nix squad is currently hanging by a thread with just 10 players contracted to the side as it stands.