The German has been a prolific striker wherever he has played and currently holds the record for the most goals in World Cup history - 16 goals in 24 games. 

A world-cup winner, the 38-year-old would be a coup for an A-League club, if an offer were to be made, something that Ikonomidis agrees with.

“He’s still in fantastic form and great shape,” Ikonomidis told BeIN Sports.

“Just his experience alone is incredible and for Australian football to have him in A-League would make huge waves.

“I can see him duplicating what Del Piero did in the A-League, maybe even not even surpassing it.

“I spoke to him quite a lot last year about the A-League and was trying to convince him to come and give it a shot. He said he’d definitely think about it.

“He’d be a great mentor for the league in general.”