Jeffers, 29, is a free agent after being released by Sheffield Wednesday at the end of last season. After failing to impress EPL new boys Blackpool in the pre-season, Jeffers returned to his former club Everton to train with David Moyes’ squad.

The one-time Arsenal striker arrived in Australia last Thursday night and spent the weekend in Sydney with his wife’s family before his first session with the Jets on Monday.

He trained again late on Tuesday ahead of Wednesday night’s planned game with North Queensland Fury, which has now been postponed.

Jeffers is keen to sign with Newcastle, currently second bottom of the A-League but undergoing a radical makeover courtesy of new owner Nathan Tinkler.

“I’m under the impression that I will probably sign here but until you sign the papers and contract, nothing’s there,” he told au.fourfourtwo.com on Tuesday.

Jeffers’ last competitive game was for Sheffield Wednesday in May, so clearly he’ll be down on match sharpness.

But the striker says his Everton stint has paid dividends in maintaining his fitness. And it was there that the Australian option was explored through Toffees' Socceroo, Tim Cahill.

“Timmy Cahill said that once you get settled and playing your football [in the A-League], you’ll enjoy it. He was the one who said the league is getting better and getting more high profile so if you can get out there, I’d advise you to go.”

And that view of the A-League was cemented by a former hero from across the way at Anfield who’s already made the move.

“I know Robbie Fowler quite well and Andy Todd in Perth and speaking to them they’d enjoyed it out here and they felt like me. They felt they were ready for a new chapter.

"I played with Andy at Blackburn and he said as long as you come out here and enjoy your football.”

Jeffers burst onto the EPL scene for Everton as a 16-year-old in 1997. He went on to play for England U21s, scoring close to a goal game for the Young Lions before a move to Arsenal in 2001.

But with a plethora of talent to choose from and injury bedeviling his progress, just over 20 games in three years blunted Jeffers’ career momentum.

He was loaned back to Everton before stints with Blackburn, Charlton and Wednesday. By last European summer, Jeffers had enough of England and told his agent he needed a change.

“I thought I’d done my time there," he admitted. "I’d played there since I was 16 – I needed a new chapter, a new beginning."

Jeffers admits the jet lag has been a challenge but says he’s enjoyed his first few days in the Hunter. And smoothing the transition has been fellow Englishman, Jets striker and captain Michael Bridges.

“He [Bridges] says he’ll probably never go back to England to live when he’s finished," said the Liverpool-born Jeffers who grew up supporting Everton.

"He’ll try and stay here. It’s a nice thing to hear and in the short time I’ve been here he’s looked after me"

And if this new chapter for Jeffers is to be the A-League and Newcastle Jets under Tinkler, the striker could be lining up against a former England teammate as soon as November. 

David Beckham’s LA Galaxy play the Jets in a high-profile friendly  in Newcastle next month. Jeffers made his England debut in a side that featured Beckham as England lost 3-1 to the Socceroos  in a 2003 friendly at Upton Park.

Ironically it was Jeffers who scored England’s only goal on that famous night for the Socceroos. Jeffers hopes to have a similar impact on the Jets as he seeks kick-start a career that started swimmingly well but has drifted and in need of a new start.

And he has not ruled out seeing out his career in Australia, so impressed he’s been with what he’s seen and heard so far.  

He added: “I’m ready to give it a go.”

However, the man making the decisions, Jets coach Branko Culina, was staying tight-lipped when quizzed on Jeffers.

Culina said it had been difficult to assess the player as he'd not been involved in game specific preparations for Wednesday night's postponed clash with Fury.

The Jets mentor added: "We'll look at him until such time as a decision is made."