Hogan has put a contract discussion on the table with Melbourne. The interesting thing is this is not being driven by Melbourne its been driven by Hogan (or more correctly his manager). Now from the outside this looks like he wants to stay at Melbourne. But when you look a bit deeper you realise that he has
2 years to run of his existing contract. So why the extension at this time?
He could be keen to stay at Melbourne where he wont be playing serious finals for 6 years. He could be just milking it for more bucks. OR
He has been approached by a third party (That being Freo) with a large multi year offer.
I rang up trade radio yesterday and spoke to Barrett and Wallace and put it to them. They reckon I could
"take it to the bank" (1.56.05) that there was an offer from Freo. Nobody waits till the last year of contracts to start talking these days.
Further details revealed by Hogan; he had requested and had a briefing from Paul Roos about where the club was going and what they are planning. Sounds like he's still needing a bit of reassuring.