The Jets are keen to boost their strikeforce as they move into the final stages of their Premiership title tilt.

And the return of Rodriguez - who found the net seven times last season - could be enough to give them the depth and goals they need to take the Championship.

"It's really early days with Milton but we've heard indirectly that he would like to come back here for the balance of the year and we're trying to establish if this is correct," Newcastle football director Remo Nogarotto told Sydney's Daily Telegraph.

"Given what he did last year and the cult status that he enjoys with the fans, it would be wrong of us not to chase it up."

Newcastle have one slot left in their squad for a new recruit but with little room in the salary cap for a top quality signing.

But they may bring in a star under the guest signing rule for four or five games, or else exploit the injury replacement rule to sign a big name star until the end of the season.

Jorge Drovandi is currently out the squad with an ankle injury for an unspecified time.

Newcastle are also scouring Europe for alternatives if Rodriguez - currently with Deportivo Cali in Colombia - can't be lured back to EnergyAustralia Stadium.

Nogarotto added: "The Scandinavian markets are largely untapped in Australia and we believe it's a good opportunity because they finish before Christmas.

"We will also look in countries like Poland and Hungary."

Jets coach Gary Van Egmond is keen to add extra talent to take third-placed Newcastle to the top slot.

"It's important for us to bring someone in during this window to lift the group. If that was to happen, it would give our top-four aspirations a good boost," he told the Telegraph.

"The benefits would be twofold. You would get a quality player and it lifts the group."

He added: "If we have the right attitude and belief I think we can go all the way. We have to get more consistency about ourselves and some of our younger ones have to become more football-savvy quickly.

"The younger ones have got to understand that they may not get a better opportunity than this year to actually win something."

He added: "They look and think there are that many years in front of them, but that doesn't necessarily equate.

"You've got to take your opportunity when you get it because it's a short career and you're a long time dead in football."