MELBOURNE Victory is still casting covetous eyes at transfer target Harry Kewell, who continues to play hard to get.

But even the most ardent of suitors may have a point at which desire turns to disdain.

Harry Kewell. Credit:Teagan Glenane

The former A-League champion is as smitten with the prospect of the Socceroo veteran turning out in navy blue as it ever was.

However, this one-sided courtship has been dragging on for more than two months, and even the most love-sick petitioners might ask themselves whether there is much point in carrying on the pursuit of the unattainable.