Maccarone signed for Brisbane last week as the club's marquee player, but questions were raised over what the Italian can achieve in the A-League due to his age. 

However, Aloisi rubbished any concerns over the fitness of the 37-year-old former Empoli striker, insisting people should just let Maccarone do the talking when the season begins.

“I’ve never been one about age. I’ll play a Dane Ingham at 17 or I’ll play a Corona who come from Spain at 35,” Aloisi said.

“People didn’t expect Corona to be able to handle the pace [of the A-League] because of where he’s played in Spain and then he comes here and he’s the player of the season.

“I’ll go off of the individual and individuals are all different. In Italy it’s not rare for a player to play until he’s 40.

“We all know the likes of Paolo Maldini and those players there play until they’re 40, they look after themselves, they’re top professionals.

“Here in Australia we straight away comment about age. But I’m sure he’ll show on the pitch what he’s capable of doing and people will start to forget about that.” 

Maccarone admitted he did not know much about the league, but had seen snippets when Alessandro Del Piero was playing for Sydney FC.

“I spoke with Vincenzo Grella before I come here. He told me this is a good team, they play good football and they have a very good manager," he said.

“I don’t know [the league] very well. I’ve only seen the last two or three years. But I think it continues to improve [the level].

“When I saw Del Piero come to Australia, I saw many games on Italian television. Big stadiums, many people go [to watch] and this is good to play.”