Perth Glory will spend the next few days doing everything within their powers to convince Michael Mols to sign with the club after the former Dutch International landed in Perth on Thursday.
The Glory flew the 36-year-old striker and his family to Perth for a five-day visit in a bid to secure the Dutchman's signature for the upcoming Hyundai A-League season.
Beautiful sunshine greeted Mols, who donned jeans and a shirt, when he arrived at Glory training on Friday to meet Perth officials, including coach Ron Smith, to watch the squad train.
Mols was scheduled to speak at a press conference during the session but refused to front the media, saying it was a superstition not to comment before signing for a club.
However, Smith was more than willing to speak about the prospect of the Dutchman, who earned six caps for his country, pulling on the club's purple guernsey this season.
But Perth has a fight on its hands to secure the former Rangers star, who has also received offers from numerous clubs around the world, including Dutch powerhouse Feyenoord.
"I met and spoke to him back in March and I knew it was going to be touch and go because he's had a number of offers from clubs in Europe and America, but he said to me he'd like a slightly different football experience because his career is coming to an end," Smith said.
"We've brought him out here to have a look at Perth, have a look at the players and hopefully that will persuade him to come back."
"I just had a little chat to him then telling him about the age of some of our players. We've got what you'd call a relatively young squad and it would be nice to get a player of his calibre and experience to be part of the team."
Mols will fly out of Perth on Tuesday and Smith was hopeful the Dutchman would put pen to paper before then.
Mols brought his wife and eight-year-old son to Friday's training session and Smith acknowledged Perth's relaxed lifestyle would be a big factor in wooing him to the club.
"Everywhere I've gone it's really been my wife's decision," Smith said with a laugh.
"You want your family to be as happy as they can be whenever you go overseas or even interstate. He probably wouldn't have seen much of Australian football other than the players who have played in Europe and the odd international game."
With club legend Bobby Despotovski and veteran striker Stuart Young no longer at the Glory, Smith admitted Mols' experience and goal-scoring prowess would be an invaluable inclusion should he sign for the Glory.
"He's always played as more of a second striker and that's how I'd use him. Obviously he's got the ability to do more than that but that would probably be his preferred position to play and one that's he's obviously performed at the highest level in," he said.