Does that sound like someone who is also Rumoured to Leave would Say?
A player will never give an indication that they intend to leave.
There is no good reason for them to do so.
There are only bad reasons for them to do so.
Firstly, the player's manager would shoot them if they gave any indication of leaving, even internally to the club. That is because it would undermine the manager's ability to negotiate a good contract for the player. Remember, the player managers are on commission - IIRC around 10%. Reckon Conners could have negotiated a 4 + 1 year deal for Daisy on $750kpa if Daisy had come out and said "I desperately want to get out of Collingwood and follow Mick to Carlton"???
Secondly, the club would shoot the player if they said in the media that they wanted to leave the club. That's because it'd be an unwanted distraction to the current season. Does the coach select the player or not? There will be members and fans with fitchforks laying siege to the club either way.
The most a player will say is "I want to put off my contract talks until after the end of the season". In the case of Buddy, Scully and Daisy it meant "I what to get out of here". In the case if Cloke (and others) it meant "I want to stay, but I want more money."
Never believe anything a player says when they're talking about their contract. Ignore the "wanna be a one club player", or "I wanna use this year to prove myself and put off contract talk until the end", etc, etc. That's just bulldust their manager or media trainer has coached them to say.
We have no idea whether they're saying the truth (sometimes) or lying through their teeth (sometimes).