Manager Bernie Mandic told radio SEN that Kewell had agreed terms in principle with both Melbourne Victory and Sydney FC and was close to making a decision on where he would play.
But after talks with Football Federation Australia, he said it would not be possible to do a deal for Kewell to come back to Australia for next season. "The catalyst for this was some misleading comments from FFA's Kyle Patterson over the weekend regarding our negotiations with the FFA,'' Mandic said.
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