'Champions League-chasing club' reportedly offer Usain Bolt two-year professional deal

Bolt scored a brace to help the Mariners beat Macarthur South West United last week. 

Tony Rallis, the Jamaican's agent in Australia, has told 'ESPN': "There is a club in Europe that has offered Bolt a two-year deal, they have been taken over by new owners who have aspirations of Champions League football."

Despite the alleged interest Rallis did not name the club, however the 'Daily Mail' understand that Central Coast Mariners have connections with sides around the world, such as Sheffield United and Ferencvaros in Hungary.

The eight-time Olympic champion, who dominated sprinting after taking double individual gold at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, is now bidding to become a professional footballer.

He made his case on Friday by scoring two goals for the Mariners in a pre-season friendly.

Following his impressive performance last week Central Coast Mariners CEO Shaun Mielekamp told 'ESPN' that "it's too early to tell" if they will take on the 32-year-old.

Macarthur centre-back Josh Symons, has also revealed what it was like playing against the fastest man in the world. 

"I wasn't really focusing on Bolt too much, I was more worried about Ross McCormack and also Jordan Murray who I played with before he joined the Mariners," Symons told 'ESPN'. "I knew how dangerous they would be.

"He's got a long way to go to reach professional level; he can probably get there with the right coaching, but he's a big name and that's what people come to watch."

Uneasy on passing judgement whether Bolton should earn a professional football contract, he added: "There are players that have worked a lot harder and longer and there are probably more deserving players at NPL level, but that's where the Mariners management comes in and what they feel is going to get more fans to the ground."

Symons continued: "He struck the ball well for his first goal but to be honest he was afforded a lot more space and the match was a lot slower than what he would face in the A-League,

"In the A-League he would find the lines a lot tighter, the defence will be sharper and faster. A top-level striker would probably have had five goals that night given the same opportunities."