The prolific goal sneak declared he could play on for another decade and aimed to fill his trophy cabinet with silverware in the final years of his playing career.

"I'm not too soon in coming back to Australia because I need to win things," he said. "I need to work hard and try and push Everton as far as we can and to try and win some trophies.

"Last year we were unsuccessful but we were so close yet so far away."

The Everton midfielder was relucant to put even a vague timeline on a possible move home but insisted it would still happen...one day.

And he revealed he follows all the A-League action every week in the highlights show on UK TV.

"It's hard to put times on things because look what happened with Jason Culina and Mile (Sterjovski) and a lot of the boys," he said.

"You never know but I'm very ambitious in the factor that I want to play in the Champions League and 29 years old in football terms is very young."

Cahill is expected to be named this afternoon in Pim Verbeek's latest Socceroos squad to take on Ireland in next week's friendly in Limerick.

He stressed the importance of starting the side's seven-match build-up to the 2010 World Cup with a strong showing against the Irish.

The clash is the first of three international friendlies in as many months with the Socceroos to face Korea Republic in Seoul in September before hosting the Netherlands in Sydney on October 10.

The remaining four matches on the program are 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers against Oman (twice), Kuwait and Indonesia.

Speaking via video link from Manchester, an upbeat Cahill, who will line up for Everton against Arsenal three days after playing for his country, welcomed the prospect of playing alongside his Socceroos team-mates on the big stage.

"Ireland's such a big nation and having a game like this is really important for us to keep the team together, to keep them playing and stimulating the football at a high level because now we have such a big squad and players playing all over the world," he said.

"Yes it is an awkward time with the Premier League starting this week as well but with the boys all coming together and playing in such a big stadium against a nation like Ireland it's great preparation obviously.

"It's such a long road and there's so much football to be played but we just can't wait to get together and be part of the team again."

Cahill reaffirmed his commitment to continue to answer the call for the Socceroos at every opportunity, and heaped praise on coach Pim Verbeek for his treatment of the players throughout the qualification process.

"When you've got a passion for football and a manager, you play even better than what you do," he said.

"We fly halfway around the world because we want to but it's even better flying halfway around the world for a manager that looks out for your body, looks out for you mentally as a player and as a person outside of the football pitch.

"Things like that you cannot put a price on and for us I think as a country we're very blessed to have someone with Pim's knowledge and intimacy towards the Australian team as you see the way he sung the national anthem."