The Socceroo legend made his first Australian club appearance in 19 years on since he left hometown Sydney for Millwall. City came away with a 2-1 win over Brisbane Strikers in the FFA Cup Round of 16 at Perry Park on Wednesday night.

Cahill has a strenuous schedule ahead, flying off to Perth on Sunday to join the Socceroos for their upcoming World Cup Qualifying fixture against Iraq. Subsequently he flies to Abu Dhabi for the second match against UAE.

Cahill had not played football in seven weeks before the game in Queensland, but admitted he was happy at City.

“It’s pretty hectic," the Socceroos superstar admitted on Saturday during a fan event and kit reveal.

"It’s been managed well, the professionalism of this club is exceptional not that I’m surprised, I’ve been really happy with the way things have been done - from the commercial side of it to football and training.

“The football is definitely the priority and now we get to enjoy weekends like this with the fans, we’re going to sign a lot of autographs.

“I feel rejuvenated coming back to Australia. There’s always a lot of pressure, but you have to test yourself, try your hardest to be a good example and I know what we’ve got in the squad.

“I know what we’ve got in the club, what we’re trying to do and the bigger picture for the big bosses in Manchester, people who are involved in the club. They have a clear scope of what they want to do, I’m just happy they’ve made me a part of it.”

Cahill along with City stars Bruno Fornaroli, Anthony Caceres, Neil Kilkenny and Thomas Sorensen greeted the fans at Flagstaff Gardens on Saturday afternoon, entering the scene from a Melbourne tram.

It was also Cahill’s first public appearance in Melbourne since he signed for City and fans were quick to get around the Australian icon.

“It’s awesome (with the fans), this is why you do it, you can help young boys and girls be inspired by football,” he said.

“We’re doing our job, we’ve been training hard. It’s been a tough 10 days - been to Brisbane back again.

“Tough day again today, we were speaking about how important it was to engage the fans and have these activations and many more throughout the year. On the park we have to do the business, but off it we also have to spend time with them.”

Cahill also said settling into the club with his new teammates was “easy” and believed the squad was strong enough collectively to make history this season.

“I had to sing the other night, but so did Neil Kilkenny and a few of the other lads, even the staff. I think this is all about the togetherness of what we’re trying to create,” he said.

“Most of the team signed for more than two years, so whether we like it or not, we’re stuck with each other. The basis of what we talked about is we win together and we lose together and we’re going to live and die by that.

“We’re really going to challenge each other, we’re a young group, except myself and Tommy. The experience we can bring with the coaching, I think it’s going to be a good year, but also it’ll happen in stages.

“We’re at the second phase of pre-season, the third phase will be exciting. Come the start of the season, the boys will be raring to go.”