Nick Carle to stay with Sky Blues despite UAE offer SYDNEY FC attacking midfielder Nick Carle is staying put at the club despite a massive offer to return to the United Arab Emirates. The Australian has learnt Carle, 32, is being vigorously chased by an unnamed club to go back to the UAE where he created a big impression during a year-long stint with Baniyas. He left the club at the end of last season to link again with Sydney FC in the A-League, where he spent the 2011-12 season after ending a stint in Europe. Carle is seen as being a crucial part of the Sky Blues hopes for an improved season. It is expected he will form a lethal partnership with Italian legend Alessandro del Piero. Sydney could not afford to lose Carle, given the club released star striker Joel Griffiths last week so he could accept a lucrative deal in China. The club, which is in Japan on a pre-season tour, is hoping to find a replacement for Griffiths while overseas.