MELBOURNE has confirmed rival clubs have shown interest in Demon leader Brad Green, half-back Chris Johnson and ruckman Mark Jamar on day one of the AFL's trade week.
General manager of football operations Chris Connolly said Hawthorn and the Sydney Swans had inquired about 27-year-old Green, who is yet to re-sign with the club.
But Melbourne remains confident he will remain in the red and blue.
"Brad hasn't re-signed, so he's an obvious one to be asked about and Hawthorn and Sydney asked about him and we see him as a very important leader around the club," Connolly told melbournefc.com.au.
"We're hopeful that he'll re-sign."
Connolly added that three or four clubs are interested in Johnson and Jamar.
"There are a number of clubs interested in Chris Johnson and Mark Jamar and they were the two main ones (players asked about). The clubs have said they've got a strong interest in them and we took that on board and we just move on today," Connolly said.
"Chris is in a position where we're just waiting for some balls to fall with some contractual arrangements and whether he re-signs with the club and Mark's a contracted player."
Connolly said it wasn't necessarily the two West Australian clubs interested in Johnson, who hails from WAFL club East Fremantle.
"No, there a number of clubs," he confirmed.
As for acquiring fresh faces, Connolly said the Demons are still pursuing Fremantle ruckman Robert Warnock and out-of-contract Geelong midfielder Brent Prismall, who sustained a serious knee injury in the first week of the finals.
"We want a strong presence in the draft, so whether that's a pick or re-positioning picks – we've still got a strong interest in Robbie Warnock, if he can't get an arrangement with Carlton," Connolly said.
"We've also staked an interest in Brent Prismall and he hasn't made a decision one way or the other yet, so we're waiting on some confirmation there.
"We're hoping Brad (Green) re-signs in the future and there are a number of other players we need to re-contract as well – Chris Johnson and Matthew Whelan."
Melbourne would consider giving Fremantle selection 17 or 19 for Warnock to encourage a deal that would unite him with older brother Matthew.
"We've got a list management meeting tonight, so that'll be discussed, because we've got pick 17 and 19 in and around the mark," he said.
"Carlton offered pick 24 and they (Fremantle) didn't accept it, so we've certainly got two more picks that are acceptable.
"We'll debate that tonight at our list management meeting – the pros and cons – and there will be a presentation tonight with (recruiting manager) Barry Prendergast on the results of the draft camp and how he sees the rankings of the players around the country."
Speculation surrounding a move to the Swans for Paul Wheatley and Melbourne wooing Carlton's Irish tall Setanta O'hAilpin were off the mark, he noted.
"There is nothing with O'hAilpin and Paul Wheatley's name wasn't mentioned today," Connolly said.
And the plan remains for a strong Melbourne presence in November's NAB AFL Draft.
"We're certainly not going to move on any of our draft picks at this stage," he said.
"There was some interest shown in some of our players, but we'll just take the next step tomorrow.
"We're not sure [how the week will unfold]. We're not aggressively [looking to get trades done], so it's hard to tell at this stage for us.
"We want to make sure we maintain our picks."
