CARLTON duo Paul Bower and Setanta O'hAilpin face uncertain futures after failing to find new clubs during Trade Week.

Bower and O'hAilpin had requested trades after struggling to get regular games for the Blues this year but Carlton could not negotiate a deal.

Collingwood's Leon Davis, Brent Macaffer and John McCarthy, Hawk Rick Ladson, Melbourne duo Matthew Bate and Addam Maric, St Kilda quartet Zac Dawson, Brett Peake, Jason Gram and Farren Ray, former Lion Brendan Fevola and Gold Coast's Josh Caddy also failed to be traded despite all being linked to new homes.

The Blues have to delist at least one more player before next month's NAB AFL Draft and coach Brett Ratten said it is likely to be either Bower or  O'hAilpin.

"We only have to make room for one. One will probably stay and one might have to go. But we'll work through that. There are other things that are possibilities but we'll have to wait and see," Ratten told AFL.com.au.

The Blues coach said there were no serious talks with other clubs involving Bower or O'hAilpin.

"It was discussed but nothing really came of it towards the end. I think it just got a bit close. I think clubs were waiting to see some of the other deals and we ran out of time," he said.

"I think we've got some big decisions to make by October 31 with our list and trying to find a spot. That would be something we'd sit down and have a chat about."

The Saints traded out Tom Lynch and Tommy Walsh but held on to their higher profile players despite facing salary cap pressure.

St Kilda confirmed that there were no clubs in the hunt for Dawson while Ray generated a little interest.

Marty Pask, who manages both players, said he was hoping to secure new deals to keep them at the Saints.

"They are required players. I just quickly had a chat to St Kilda then and they are prepared to sit down next week and look for a contract for both players and we'll see how it goes," Pask told AFL.com.au.

Bate had shown interest in joining the Bulldogs but they could not agree to adequate compensation with the Demons, who rejected an offer of pick 39.

"We thought we made a fairly significant play by offering a second-round draft pick. He is under contract so Melbourne were always leading the charge on that if they wanted to move or not and they decided they didn't," Bulldogs football manager James Fantasia told AFL.com.au.

"I thought maybe with the (Mitch) Clark situation it may have freed it up a bit but that wasn't to be and he will remain a Melbourne player."

St Kilda's Brendon Goddard, North Melbourne's Hamish McIntosh and Adelaide's Kurt Tippett were all rumoured to attract interest but all three clubs maintained all week that they weren't on the table.

Enigmatic Port Adelaide forward Daniel Motlop had been linked with a move to Western Australia but Power football manager Peter Rohde said there were no takers.

"He was keen to be traded, there's no doubt about that, and we spoke to a couple of clubs briefly about him and that's not going to happen," Rohde said as he was leaving Eithad Stadium on Monday.

"We'll get everything together over the next couple of days and make a decision on Daniel going forward."

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No trades are official until paperwork has been accepted by the AFL and formally recognised after 2pm on Monday, October 17.

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