FORMER Sydney Swan Nick Davis believes he is still a valuable player and is training four times a week in the hope he can restart his AFL career at his third club. 

Davis, 28, was told he would be delisted by the Swans nearly two weeks ago, after attracting no interest during trade week.

The premiership forward is now doing everything he can to convince rival clubs he is still dedicated to football, and believes he should be considered as a selection in the upcoming draft, simply "because I can play".

"A good friend of mine told me that form is temporary and class is permanent," Davis told SEN on Wednesday morning.

"I still believe that I've got a lot to offer."

The small goalkicker, who played 71 games for Collingwood before being traded in 2002, had an out-of-favour final year with the Swans and spent time in the reserves after struggling with motivation.

However, he believes he has regained the passion for playing and wouldn't be a hindrance to any potential suitor.

"[Motivation] was something I regained in the middle of the year and then I hurt my knee, and sitting back watching the second half of the year and then the finals series you realise that it's what you want to do," he said.

"Unfortunately I won't be doing it with the Swans anymore but hopefully I will somewhere else."

Davis denied he was a difficult player to manage, despite conflicting reports indicating he had a tense relationship with Swans coach Paul Roos owing to his questionable attitude.

"There's been a few different things. A few years ago, it was a fitness and weight thing, and a little bit this year it was commitment," he said.

"I got dropped after round one and I might have lost sight of the bunny. It took me a few weeks to regroup back in the reserves, and when I did that, I hurt my knee and then the season was over.

"It's been written that [Roos and I] don't get along, but we get along really good and it's just something that had the club going in a direction where I wasn't going.

"A few of the other boys aren't there either anymore so I'm not going to take it to heart."

Davis said he "thinks" manager Lance Thompson has spoken to other AFL clubs about potentially joining them.

But, the 1999 AFL Rising Star nominee said he will continue to hedge his bets by investigating a possible punting career in the NFL.

"I was down in Melbourne last week with the guys from OzPunt, which is a company that recruits for the NFL," he said.

"They'd spoken to me during the year, and obviously AFL is what I do and I was committed to that.

"It wasn't until I got let go by the Swans that I gave them a ring and tried it out. It's just something that I can learn a few things from, and if I don't get picked up in the pre-season draft, I've already got a foot in the door with the NFL."