The 28-year-old Socceroo has just departed for a holiday in Europe but not before expressing his exasperation at the Jets’ failure to offer him a fresh contract.

However, his coach feels only a spectacular deal from another club will be enough to see Griffiths playing his football away from EnergyAustralia Stadium next season.

Griffiths has a clause in his contract allowing him to look elsewhere if a new deal is not on the table by the end of this month.

Van Egmond has spoken to Griffiths in the last 48 hours and does not believe he has a player on his hands who is desperate to quit the club.

He told au.fourfourtwo.com: “I had a talk with Adam before he left for Europe. I am pretty sure he will be staying with us next season unless something really just falls into his lap.

“We spoke about a few things and one of them was his desire to play in the Asian Champions League. That’s something a lot of others cannot offer a player.”

While the coach is optimistic he can hang on to such an important player he has seen other key figures in Andrew Durante, Stuart Musialik and Mark Bridge move on.

Van Egmond said players had to realise that while they had the right to seek the best deal possible from their existing club, they also had to deal with reality.

He said: “Players looking for a new or improved deal at this football club have to face the facts. We are not the biggest club in the competition. We strive to be the best and we have had and will continue to strive for success.

“But there are certain facts that you cannot get away from. It’s like saying why doesn’t Fulham compete with Manchester United in the transfer market and spend the money that they do. They don’t because they can’t, they just don’t have it, fact!

“As a club we want to bring in and want to keep our quality players but we are where we are in terms of what we are able and prepared to do.”

Skipper Jade North added: “Adam was a big part of what we achieved last season, he was our enforcer if you like.”