Until trade week winds up on Monday, Media Watch will be dedicated to bringing you all the latest news and whispers about players on the move.

It ain't over till it's over
MELBOURNE proved late on Saturday night anything can happen in Trade Week when it got Brisbane Lions ruckman Mitch Clark over the line and into a Demons' guernsey despite the fact Fremantle was adamant he was destined for purple in 2012.

So confident was Freo, the club sent out a press release on Friday that said Clark had advised both Melbourne and the Lions he intended to return home to Western Australia and sign with Fremantle.

"I respect and genuinely appreciate the interest shown by Melbourne but these decisions are not always about the financial side of things," Clark said in the statement.

"I've been saying for quite some time now that I want to return home to WA and play for Fremantle.

"Despite the highly attractive offer Melbourne have put on the table, I remain firmly committed to returning to Perth to be with my family and to signing with Freo."

How things can change. Just more than 24 hours later, Fremantle sent out another press release that expressed its disappointment that Clark had instead accepted a "revised offer" from Melbourne, and it was unable to match the Demons' offer.

Fremantle said if it had come to the party, the contract would have made Clark the "highest paid player at our club over the next four seasons".

The Sunday Herald Sun says the Melbourne deal is worth "$600,000-$800,000" a year over four seasons, and will gift the Lions with selection No.12 overall in the NAB AFL Draft.

The Age's Emma Quayle has reported Fremantle's inability to get the deal done with the Lions, and threat to push Clark into the NAB AFL Pre-season Draft, was part of the reason why the 23-year-old decided to take up the Demons' offer.

However, she says the Demons were always confident the idea of being snapped up by Greater Western Sydney in the December 13 draft instead would be enough to get him on board.

A Hawk to become a Lion
IT WAS a busy day for the Lions with them also reportedly dealing on Hawthorn key position player Jordan Lisle.

Quayle said the Lions had agreed to a three-year deal with Lisle, while the Sunday Herald Sun's Glenn McFarlane spoke to Lions' national talent manager Rob Kerr who said the two clubs were negotiating over suitable draft pick compensation.

Ebert to Port but more required
WITH a straight deal between two clubs seemingly unfashionable this year, the Sunday Herald Sun reports that Port Adelaide and West Coast have reached an "in principle agreement" to send Eagle Brad Ebert to his club of choice, but need the input of other clubs to push the deal over the line.

The Power are confident the trade will happen before Monday's deadline, but there are two other clubs involved, according to Port football operations manager Peter Rohde.

The Age says the deal will send Power pair Chad Cornes and Dean Brogan to GWS, Port gain Ebert and pick 45, and the Eagles take Port's pick 28 and the Giants' pick 49.

In the same piece, Quayle says the Western Bulldogs have opted out of the arrangement that would have sent Josh Hill to the Eagles.

Dangerfield says no to Giant land
CRAIG Hutchison has reported in the Sunday Herald Sun there is no chance of Adelaide midfielder Patrick Dangerfield joining former teammate Phil Davis at Greater Western Sydney in 2013.

Dangerfield's manager Paul Connors told Hutchison, "If I know Patrick, and I think I do, I don't think he's going from Adelaide to GWS".

Still, Dangerfield's contract remains "a work in progress" and the Crows will be keen to lock him away beyond 2012 with the lure of his native state of Victoria always present.

And the Lions' collection of pick 12 from the Demons in the Clark trade could make Crows' supporters more nervous, with the paper suggesting the Lions' two first-round picks (No.8 and 12) could be enough to get Kurt Tippett back to Queensland and alongside Jonathan Brown.

Suns stalemate
THE SUNDAY Herald Sun's Mark Robinson believes there is a "stalemate" occurring between Gold Coast and Essendon after emerging star and former top-10 draft selection Josh Caddy told the Suns he wants to go home to Victoria, with the Bombers his club of choice.

The young Sun wants to come home after one year on the Coast to be closer to his father, who has a heart condition.

Robinson says the Bombers have offered draft selection No.19 and "potentially another pick and at least one player" but the Suns have said no.

The Age said the Bombers had been attempting to secure two compensation picks from other clubs to satisfy the Suns, but had not been successful.

Neither club offered comment to the Sunday Herald Sun, but it was reported the Suns believe the Bombers need to up their offer - a move the Melbourne-based club doesn't believe is necessary - and talks stalled on Saturday night.

It was also reported Henry Slattery, Ricky Dyson and Josh Jenkins - who was recently fined five per cent of his annual rookie wage by the Bombers for trying to on-sell teammate Heath Hocking's allocated Grand Final tickets - remained up for trade.

In short
BRENDAN Fevola has registered with NTFL club Waratahs and will play his first game against the Wanderers next week, says the Northern Territory News.

Fevola will serve the one-week suspension he received in the VFL this Sunday and line up on October 23 for the Tahs.

RECENTLY retired Geelong forward Cameron Mooney and former Essendon and St Kilda player Andrew Lovett have been linked to Palmerston and the Tiwi Bombers, with the same article stating they were set to join their playing ranks.

STILL on Fevola, his management stood by claims on Saturday there had been an enquiry about him from a Melbourne-based club despite AAP reporting all 10 Victorian clubs denying interest after Rick Olarenshaw made the statement on Friday.

McFARLANE has also reported the Lions and 2002 Brownlow medallist Simon Black are yet to agree on a new contract, with the club offering a one-year deal and the veteran midfielder seeking two.

CLUBS are still circling Jason Gram and Tommy Walsh with the Sunday Herald Sun reporting interest from North Melbourne and Carlton for the former, and the Sydney Swans the latter.

But, the article goes on to say the Saints - who are expected to announce Scott Watters as their new coach at a press conference on Sunday morning - are playing hard-ball with the two players and while they are listening to offers, are standing firm on retaining the pair.

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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