The
eight-time Olympic sprint champion, aged 32, joined coast
mariners football club for
an "unspecified training time" in August.
He scored two goals in his first effort for
the Mariners in a friendly match, but did not play matches when the season
began.
Efforts
to secure a "commercial solution" that will keep Him at the club has
failed, as reported by Mariners on Friday.
Last
month, the Mariners said they had made a
contract proposal broken down into "football" and
"commercial" terms. However, it depended on a contribution from a
"third party".
Despite
meetings with "several promising potential partners" but no deal
could be reached, the club said. Coast Mariners owner Mike Charlesworth thanked
Bolt for his eight-week trial, describing it as a success.
"He
integrated very well into the team and made great strides as a
footballer," Mr Charlesworth said.
The
100m and 200m world record holder has described it as his "dream" to
play professional soccer.
Bolt
Message "I would like to thank the Central Coast Mariners owners, management,
staff, players and fans for making me feel so welcome during my time
there," he said on Friday.
Bolt,
who retired from athletics in 2017, has previously trained with Borussia
Dortmund, South African club Mamelodi Sundowns and Norway's Stromsgodset.
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