Are Jets viable option for Kewell?

Harry Kewell ... could he partner Emile Heskey in Newcastle's attack next season? Source: GREG WOOD / AAP

Could Harry Kewell resurrect his career with the Newcastle Jets? In the wake of Ryan Griffiths's decision to head to China, there could certainly is an opportunity.

Griffiths, who was signed until the end of the 2014-2015 season, stunned the Jets on Tuesday by announcing his immediate departure for China to link up with Beijing Baxy. With five games remaining and their finals hopes hanging by a thread, the Jets are now without their top scorer.

		P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Central Coast	22	13	6	3	25	45
2	Western Sydney	22	14	2	6	13	44
3	Adelaide	22	11	3	8	2	36
4	Victory	22	11	3	8	-2	36
5	Heart	22	8	3	11	-1	27
6	Newcastle	22	7	6	9	-7	27
7	Sydney	22	8	3	11	-9	27
8	Brisbane	22	7	4	11	0	25
9	Perth	22	6	4	12	-4	22
10	Wellington	22	5	6	11	-17	21

Kewell would unlikely be an asset this season though, more an investment for the future.

"We’ve talked about Harry Kewell before and he’s been a fabulous player for the A-League,’’ Jets chief executive Robbie Middleby said.

"So that’s definitely an option . . . potentially he’s a player we could look at."

Kewell has kept open the option of returning to the A-League after reportedly turning down an offer in China to resume his club career.

The 34-year-old has also split with the celebrity agent he defected to last year.

Kewell has parted ways with James Erskine, the man who ovsersaw Shane Warne's metamorphosis from cricketer to socialite, after failing to land a club deal since he left Melbourne Victory at the end of last season.

The Socceroo had split with his long-term manager and adviser, Bernie Mandic, in November 2011 - the divorce between one of Australia's most significant player-manager relationships shocking the football industry.

Instead Kewell signed with Erskine but it's understood they have agreed to part ways.

It comes as Kewell reaffirmed to his intention to keep playing, despite missing the entire season so far and spurning on an opening in the Chinese Super League.

It has also emerged that the 34-year-old turned his back on a deal worth $2.1m over two years when he quit Victory last year, after a falling out with club officials.

Ange Postecoglou had been prepared to construct his attack around Kewell but with the deal agreed he decided instead to take his family to England, reportedly to be close to his mother in law as she battled cancer.

Since then Kewell has repeatedly stated his desire to play onto to next year's World Cup in Brazil, despite not having played for the Socceroos since last June.

Kewell insists he is still looking for a club "that's the right one for me and my family", and bizarrely pointed to Sydney's re-signing of Alessandro Del Piero as proof that he has "a few seasons left".

"He's a good example of someone who is still competitive and he's, what, 38 or 39?," Kewell said of Del Piero.

"Football has changed, I think. It used to be that you would start considering retirement after 30 but guys now are playing well on into their thirties.

"Obviously to be considered for the Socceroos again I need to get a club. I would move back to Australia again, definitely.

"I would consider any offer. I'm open to all suggestions. I feel like I still have a few good seasons left. But whatever the decision is it has to be the right one for me and my family."

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