However, his hopes of facing China were dashed when he suffered a groin complaint during a friendly with Singapore.
Kewell failed to prove his fitness in a training session this week, but the Australian FA are hopeful his problem is only minor.
"It is not a reoccurrence. It is a new injury on the right side of his groin and we believe it is just a strain," a spokesperson for the Australian FA said.
"The prognosis will determine the length of time he's here (in Sydney). If it's nothing major, as we expect, he will go straight back (to Liverpool).
"FFA (Football Federation Australia) decided to do the right thing by Harry and Liverpool and bring him back to Sydney where he will be looked at by people he is comfortable with."
