There is growing speculation that the Socceroos keeper could be drafted into the Beijing squad with Danny Vukovic expected to miss out through his ban.

Schwarzer himself is treading a non-commital path and on his return from duty with the senior side in Qatar, has maintained that stance.

He told au.fourfourtwo.com: "We'll have to wait and see. I really don't know. I haven't spoken to anyone about it.

"At the moment it's purely speculation."

Tando Velpahi has been Vukovic's back-up through Olympic qualifying so far with Adam Federici and Dean Bouzanis also options for Graham Arnold.

Arnold is not in a state of panic over his goalkeeping options though should Vukovic definitely be ruled out.

He said: "I've still got Adam Federici who's under-age to come in, so I'm pretty happy in the goalkeeping department but it's good to know that if need be I can fall back on Mark Schwarzer."