The Brisbane club had been tipped to be making a move for the veteran striker to bolster their attacking force after struggling to score last season.

Cole is currently on loan to English Championship side, Birmingham City, after being squeezed out of the starting line-up at Portsmouth in the Premiership.

Brum manager Steve Bruce had said Cole would decide his own future...but warned Queensland would have to cough up big bucks to lure the star Down Under.

He added: “Only Andy will decide, but it all comes down to wages.”

Now Cole has admitted he’s yet to hear anything from Roar, and will leave the final decision to his wife anyway.

He told the Birmingham Mail: “I know nothing about Australia.

“I have been so open-minded the past few years about my future, I have made mistakes.”

Cole still has a year left on his Pompey contract but now looks more likely to try for a 12 month contract to stay at Birmingham.

He has shone in recent matches since joining the side last month, including scoring a goal in the Midlands derby against Wolverhampton last week.

Any attempt to sign Cole may have caused Roar a headache with current A-League regulations only allowing four foreign players in the squad.

Roar currently has Hyuk-Su Seo (Roar), Simon Lynch (Scotland), Reinaldo (Brazil) and Marcus Wedau (Germany).

But manager Frank Farina may decide instead simply to bring in a guest player for seven games, up from the last two seasons' four weeks' limit.

The new regulations allow guest players to come from anywhere in the world, even if the club already has four foreigners in the squad.

Farina revealed: "I think we will, whether it's a visa player or an Australian, we will use that avenue. I think something like that can be good for a team."

"I just think that the rule (not limiting player nationality) is a good one."

But in the wake of Romario's devasting impact on Adelaide's mid-season campaign, Farina admitted: "If you've got a period of time when you're looking at a guest player, and you've done very well leading up to that, then it might not be a good thing."

He added: "It has to the right person for the club and for the team.

"If the team is doing well and winning football games, everything follows."

"That's got to be the priority."