The West Coast Eagles wanted Ben Cousins to continue on at the club but were unable to convince him to stay.
The former premiership winner vanished for a month after walking out on the club which offered him a lifeline when he was released from jail.
Looking dishevelled and sporting a long beard, the troubled 39-year-old was spotted outside his Perth home on Wednesday morning but refused to answer questions.
The West Coast Eagles wanted Ben Cousins (pictured with former partner Maylea Tinecheff) to continue on at the club but were unable to convince him to stay
The former premiership winner (pictured in 2006) vanished for a month after walking out on the club which offered him a lifeline when he was released from jail
Looking dishevelled and sporting a long beard, the troubled 39-year-old was spotted outside his Perth home on Wednesday morning but refused to answer questions (pictured)
Cousin left the club even though West Coast were hoping he would stay on, SEN Afternoons reported.
‘Trevor Nisbett [West Coast CEO] said in an ideal world we would keep Ben here because he was starting to make a bit of a difference and it was good to have him around the football club, Western Australia correspondent Tim Gossage said.
‘But he elected that it wasn’t for him and it wasn’t the role that he wanted and he has moved on.’
‘As far as the West Coast Eagles were concerned they couldn’t drag him kicking and screaming there for any longer.’
Fallen AFL star Ben Cousins has emerged four weeks after he vanished from the West Coast Eagles Football Club
Fears grew for troubled football star Ben Cousins (centre) when it is revealed he hadn’t been since for a month
Gossage said Cousins was a welcome presence at the club during his three months there, and said no one had expressed concerns for his welfare.
Cousins support role with his former club was a requirement of his parole conditions.
The Prisoners Review Board said Cousins was required to ‘immediately engage in employment, training or job seeking and remain engaged for the duration of parole’.
The board said if he lost his job it wouldn’t breach his parole conditions, provided he continued to search for alternative employment, Perth Now reported.
The troubled 39-year-old appeared dishevelled outside his Perth home on Wednesday morning
Cousins (left) was released from prison four months ago and friends are reportedly concerned for the former AFL player’s health
The West Coast Eagles said the club was ‘disappointed’ to see one of their greats go, confirming Cousins told officials three weeks ago he didn’t want the job.
He was released from prison in January and was ordered to live at his parent’s house. Friends are said to be concerned for his health.
Cousins served 10 months of a one-year sentence for stalking his ex-partner Maylea Tinecheff, who he shares two young children with.
Since his release, he has been required to perform random urine tests and attend counselling.
The Brownlow Medallist (pictured in 2016) reportedly visited the AFL club at the required times between February until early April
His former teammate Glen Jakovich told News Corp earlier this year that working would be tough for the father-of-two after a stellar AFL career.
‘He’s never really had a job. I think there was a few little jobs there in the last couple of years but he’s struggled to hold them down and that’s where the troubles have continued for him in the last three or four years,’ Jakovich said.
The 39-year-old was jailed in March 2017, after he flooded his former partner’s phone with more than 2,000 texts and calls in over a two-month period.
Cousins also turned up at Ms Tinecheff’s church, home and the school their two children attended.
Cousins’ (pictured in 2016) former teammate Glen Jakovich previously said that working would be something new for the father-of-two after his lengthy career playing AFL
Cousins was sensationally dumped by West Coast in 2007 after a series of drug-related offences
Police escort Cousins from Curtin House on October 16, 2007 in Perth, Australia. Cousins was charged with drug possession and refusing a drug test
Cousins is pictured in 2007 after he had been dumped by the Eagles for his illicit drug use
In November, the former Eagles star tried to contact his former partner 542 times, with 103 of those attempts taking place on the same day.
Mr Nisbett revealed earlier this year he would give back the club’s 2006 premiership if it meant Cousins never used drugs.
‘I guess if you could roll it all back, give back the premiership and say that all our players were fit and well and healthy and we still have Ben having a normal life, we’d give it back tomorrow,’ Nisbett told Channel Nine’s The Footy Show.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted West Coast Eagles for further comment regarding Cousins’ recent exit from the club.
Following his retirement, Cousins (pictured in 2016) revealed he was battling a deep addiction to ‘ice’
The 39-year-old (pictured) was jailed in March 2017, after he flooded his former partner’s phone with more than 2000 texts and calls in January-February