The Brisbane Lions have become a popular club of choice this AFL Trade Period with Fremantle's Lachie Neale and the Bulldogs' Marcus Adams declaring they want to be traded there.
But both requests have been met with opposition from their respective clubs given their contracted nature.
Lions' General Manager of Football David Noble said the Lions would progress unperturbed by the public stance of Freo CEO Steve Rosich, who last week said the Dockers wouldn't accept the Lions' AFL Draft pick No.5, or Monday's declaration by Dogs list manager Sam Power that Adams would be held to his contract.
"It sounds like we've got some work to do, doesn't it?" Noble joked.
"We're respectful of the fact players have got contracts at other clubs.
"The dynamic of our trade period has shifted significantly and players that are in contract are asking for options and availability to go and talk to other clubs.
"It's becoming a bit more norm.
"It's not impossible … but I think the dynamic has changed so therefore when players are in contract, the value is held with the player and if we've got some indication from a couple of quality players, we'd be silly not to sit down and at least hear that interest out."
Noble was referencing their trade coup from last year when they secured Adelaide's Charlie Cameron despite a year being left to run on his Crows' contract.
He said talks with the Dockers on Monday at Marvel Stadium had been "amicable" without specifying if the prospect of pick five had been raised.
"We won't go into details … today was a bit of a feeling out, and we haven't actually made a position to say it's x, y and z," he said.
"It was a matter of recognition that Lach has picked us and they obviously have him contracted and want to keep him, and now we have to work our way through what that value might or might not look like and what would be acceptable in regard to a trade
"We'll have to do a lot of work to get it done."
He said the Lions had held "preliminary talks" with the Dogs on Sunday but didn't meet again on Monday.
There are two years left to run on Adams' contract and Power was emphatic on departure from Marvel Stadium the defender was a "required player" at Whitten Oval.
Noble also said the Lions would be open to helping former top-10 draft selection Sam Mayes head home to South Australia because of "personal circumstances".
