We understand that the ball-playing defender will most likely end up back in the Championship or perhaps even in Japan next season.

"There are a couple of Championship clubs interested in him ...there are a few options there. Also there a few clubs in Europe and perhaps even Japan," an insider tells www.au.fourfourtwo.com

"I think he still has the ambition to make it in Europe and with his time out of the game, he doesn't have the wear and tear of other 29-year-olds."

Foxe, 29, played 15 times in all competitions for the Yorkshire club.The side have been relegated from the Championship to League One (England's third tier) and have released 17 players in the aftermath.

"For a guy who's been out of the game for two and half years, he was the second fittest at Leeds," adds the source.

Foxe arrived on the Aussie football scene with a bang. In 1996, he was one of our youngest ever Olyroos at age 17.

He had been schooled with the best as a junior: a stint at the AIS and two years with one of Europe's best football academies, Ajax Amsterdam.

He spent two seasons in the J-League with Hiroshima San Frecce from 1998. After intense interest from European clubs following the 2000 Olympics, Foxe signed with West Ham and later Portsmouth, which he left in 2005.

Injury blighted much of his career. Up until last season, he'd spent two and a half seasons out of the game with a debilitating foot injury.

Foxe's manager at both Upton Park and Fratton Park, Harry Redknapp, remains to this day one of the likeable Aussie's biggest fans.

Foxe has played for the Socceroos 15 times. He debuted against USA in 1998. The last time he represented his nation was against Ireland in 2003.