The only move would be a venue one though, with the club’s chairman this week unveiling his plan for a purpose-built 45,000 all-seater stadium which could host World Cup matches in 2018.

The city of churches is consistently overlooked for big sporting and football occasions and Adelaide-born Dodd is sick and tired of always missing out on the action.

Chairman Dario Fontanarosa has already secured some funding for a scheme which will cost more than $400 million if it is to become reality.

Dodd is backing a potential switch, much as he loves playing at Hindmarsh Stadium for the Reds.

The captain is proud of his home city and believes it is time it started to gain greater sporting recognition and respect.

He accepts Hindmarsh is always going to be overlooked for huge footballing occasions and he points to Melbourne Victory’s forthcoming friendly with Juventus as another example of an opportunity lost.

He told au.fourfourtwo.com: “I think this is a fantastic idea the chairman has had to be honest. We saw Sydney and Brisbane get the next couple of World Cup qualifiers while Hindmarsh misses out every time because it’s too small.

“Then you see Melbourne getting to play Juventus in a friendly and I’m sure all the boys here would love to be part of that.”

A new stadium is all well and good but not much use if you don’t have the supporters to fill. Dodd is of the view ‘if you build it, they will come.

He said: “We played against Sydney FC at Adelaide Oval around Christmas time and got a crowd in of over 25,000 so the football support is out there.

“I’m sure the fans would love to see World Cup qualifiers being played here, I know I would. It’s exciting.”

On the pitch Dodd has said goodbye to Shaun Ontong, Rob Bajic and Milan Susak in the last 24 hours. The latter pair have yet to fix themselves up elsewhere but Ontong will line up against the Reds for the Newcastle Jets next season.

Dodd said: “I wish them all the best. Shaun will be a real bulldog in there for them (the Jets).”