PORT Adelaide recruit Angus Monfries says a chat to Ken Hinkley last Friday went a long way to securing his future at the club.

Monfries, who was traded to the Power on Monday for pick No.48 in this year's NAB AFL Draft, said he "had a lot of sleepless nights" trying to decide whether to stick with the Bombers or accept a four-year deal at Alberton.

While he admitted coming home to family and friends was an attractive prospect, leaving Essendon, the club he had called home for eight years was a tough call.

But Hinkley impressed the 25-year-old and Monfries, who will return to Melbourne later in the week, was sold.

"I spoke to Kenny on Friday last week and after chatting to him it made my decision a lot clearer," Monfries said.

"I wanted to be a part of the footy club.

"I had a lot of sleepless nights thinking about what I was going to do, but at the end of the day [I'm] going to have those friends that I've made at Essendon for life.

"But I think it was the best thing for me and my career to move to Port Adelaide."

Monfries said the potential to have an increased midfield responsibility was also a draw card.

He played most of his junior football as a midfielder, but the vast majority of his 150 games at Essendon as a small forward.

Monfries conceded he had a tough summer ahead of him in order to perform through the middle of the ground, but that he would push himself in order to make it work.

"To be able to have more opportunity to play up the ground in the midfield is something I've always wanted to do and I'm a player that wants to get the best out of myself and I think I can do that at Port Adelaide," he said.

"I've got a lot of work to do, I'm going to work really hard over the pre-season to get my body up to standard, to get my fitness levels to an elite level and I'll be putting every foot forward to try and make an impact in there next year."

While a conversation with Hinkley helped sell the club, Monfries said the other appointments were also exciting.

On Monday, the Power announced Alan Richardson as the director of coaching and strategy and Darren Burgess as their high performance manager.

With those in mind, Monfries said the only way was up for the Power.

"With the new appointments and way the club is at the moment, the upside is huge and that's part of the appeal of why I wanted to come here," he said.

"The direction that everyone is heading at the moment and the way the list is, it's only going to get better from year to year.

"[Ken] obviously acknowledges there's a bit of work to do as a footy club but he's confident we've got the list and everything we need to get the club back to where it should be."

Harry Thring is a reporter for AFL Media. Follow him on Twitter: @AFL_Harry.