AFL.com.au revealed three weeks ago Delaney had decided to leave North, having received an attractive three-year offer from St Kilda and met with Carlton and the Brisbane Lions.
Delaney's manager, Greg Size of Deliver Sports Management, told AFL.com.au's Gillette Trade Radio on Monday his client's preference was to join the Saints.
"Luke's at the stage at the moment where he's decided that if North can manage to wangle a trade he'd like to get to the Saints, but obviously it doesn't always work that way.
"There is a long way to go. We've certainly had other clubs come to us and say, 'Hey, we're keen on Luke'.
"But it's a matter of who they can move on in trade week and perhaps (whether they) make room on their list and in the salary cap."
Size said if Delaney could not get to the Saints he would be prepared to move to a non-Victorian club if given a long-term contract, having been prepared to join the Lions in last year's trade period.
"At his age, 24, he's been an AFL-quality defender for a few years now, but it's time to play rather than sit in the VFL and just be a back up," Size said.
Delaney played 26 games for North after debuting in 2011, but struggled for opportunity this season when the Roos' preferred key defenders Scott Thompson and Nathan Grima were fit.
Meanwhile, Size said his client Lee Spurr would meet with Fremantle soon to discuss a new contract.
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