Eight-time Olympic champ Bolt turned down a two-year deal from Maltese champions Valletta FC after netting twice for Australian side Mariners in a friendly.
And even though the 32-year-old was not in the squad for Sunday's 1-1 draw in the A-League opener against Brisbane Roar, Bolt's representative Ricky Sims said: "I can confirm Usain has been offered a contract by Central Coast Mariners."
Yet Mariners coach Mike Mulvey was far more cautious when he responded.
He said: "I do appreciate how important this story is for the rest of the world, but if you have a look at our front line today you wonder if he could get into any of those positions, wouldn't you?"
Mulvey added: "We don't talk about speculation. I don't know anything about what you're talking about – and that's the honest truth.
"I don't know anything about that. I don't talk about rumours or anything like that.
"It's for a few pay grades above my level.
"I don't talk about rumours or anything like that; it's for a few pay grades above my level."
Jamaican Bolt, who quit athletics in 2017, previously trialled for Borussia Dortmund, South Africa's Sundowns and Norwegians Stromsgodset.
And just last week the Manchester United fan was voted the 'ultimate superhuman' in a survey for the return of Fox TV's The Gifted Show.
Bolt has already been outspoken Down Under, expressing his amazement to be drugs tested when only on trial with the Mariners.
He said the representative from Australia’s anti-doping authority (Asada) told him he need to comply as he was still an "elite athlete".
Asada defines athletes as someone who “competes in sport and who is subject to the National Anti‑Doping Scheme”.
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