Kewell's controversial manager Bernie has insisted that his client cannot travel long distances due to a chronic ankle complaint, but Australian Soccer boss John O'Neill has revealed that the Soceroos will seek further verification from their talismanic playmaker.
O'Neill said: We're getting some clarification on that. Certainly Harry has a chronic ankle injury. We're not disbelieving him. We just need a bit of our own verification.
"Clearly we would love to see Harry Kewell playing in a Socceroo jersey on every possible occasion. If there is bona fide reasons why he can't, we'll get to the bottom of that."