As revealed exclusively over the last month the family - Indonesia’s 10th richest with a net worth of US$2.1 billion according to Forbes Magazine and who own Indonesian Super League club Pelita Jaya and a 20% share in Leicester City among other business interests - were keen on owning or investing in an A-League club.

And with Sydney-based consultant Tony Rallis hired to smooth negotiations, FFA chief executive Ben Buckley said he was keen to explore the option.

''We'd be crazy not to explore those interests,'' he told the Sydney Morning Herald. ''I know plenty of people associated with both parties through the work I do on various AFC committees, so our first port of call is to make direct contact ourselves to gauge their interest.''

However, after contacting the Indonesian club on Friday, they told this website the FFA are yet to make contact with the club or the Bakrie family’s representatives.

There is concern in some quarters that a lack of dialogue could send the wrong signal ahead of representative Rahim Soekasah’s visit to cash-strapped Central Coast in the next two weeks. 

The Pelita Jaya powerbroker is waiting on a visa application before finalising his trip down-under.