The more I think about this the more I feel it has been instigated by the club...
They approached Jesse and said 'what are your plans going forward? If you are thinking of heading back to Perth it would be better for us to know now as we can do a better deal than in 12m time. Otherwise we will start discussions on a long term deal. We want you but understand you may be torn about staying. We're also planning our list for a tilt at the flag and don't want to disrupt it in 12m time.'
Jesse thinks about it. Flys to Perth, His manager chats to the Dockers. And here we are.
If so it is probably very smart from our guys.