USAIN Bolt admits he has to find plenty in a bid to win an A-League contract — but the sprint legend hasn’t lost his trademark confidence.

You don’t win eight Olympic gold medals without the self-belief to match your talent and work ethic. And Bolt couldn’t hide it as he fronted the media after his first training session with the Central Coast Mariners on Tuesday.

Revealing the true extent of his belief, Bolt even declared his bid to make it in the A-League was a stepping stone to his ultimate goal — playing for Manchester United.

“Even if it’s one game or five, that’s my ultimate dream,” Bolt told reporters.

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“But this is the start. I look forward to scoring as many goals as possible and bringing home the A-League trophy”.

Bolt said he turned down offers from Europe before deciding to come to the Central Coast for an indefinite training period.

“We got offers from teams in Spain, France and stuff like that but for me it would be harder, you have to learn a new language. It wasn’t in the top divisions,” he said.

“Australia is somewhere I enjoy coming. I’ve come here a lot and for me the Mariners decided to give me an opportunity and I’m very grateful for it.”

Asked what his best football trait would be — outside of his blinding speed of course — Bolt said it was the same thing that helped him thrive in some of the biggest moments in sporting history.

“As you’ve seen over the years I’m very cool under pressure,” he said.

“And I think my ability to understand very quickly and to learn the game is something I’m very good at.

“I think I see the game very well. I have to work on the basic skills, I think I’m very good at controlling and things like that but there’s things I need to learn and that’s why I’m here.”

As for his ideal position?

“That’s all up to the coach really. I’ve expressed I’m OK on the wing, good at centre forward.

“But at the end of the day he’s the coach, he’ll determine where I’ll play.”

While making no secrets of his long-term dreams, Bolt is adamant he’s not getting ahead of himself.

“I’m not setting myself any targets to say ‘this is what I’m going to do’,” he said.

“I’m just going to put in the work. This is my first chance getting a chance to train and get to a level to play as a professional footballer so I don’t know what to expect.

“I’m here to push myself and learn as much as possible.”