I doesn't matter if there was a rumour a player wanted out a year earlier, all those players when out of contract nominated a club and those clubs trade high compensation to get them, Fremantle and West Coast both want him and will make sure they get him by paying high, Fremantle would of learnt their lesson thinking they had Mitch Clark wrapped up and offered nothing, they missed out (I know in hindsight they didn't miss out).
Right now Melbourne have a gun ruckman, we have gun young midfielders, we have promising key defenders, what we need is a big brute forward and we have that in Hogan, There is nothing any club could trade with us that would be a win for us unless is it is a gun big key forward replacement, I don't care if we miss out on pick 3, we aren't going to get a Hogan replacement with it, my opinion is its best for us to do everything to keep Hogan, and if that means this dragging on another year then so be it.