What the clubs say about Ben Cousins
Adelaide:
"We're just not interested." - football manager John Reid
Brisbane Lions
Coach Leigh Matthews could not be contacted.
Carlton
"We're sort of going down more of a youth set-up." - coach Brett Ratten
Collingwood
No comment
Essendon
"Unlikely, he doesn't fit in with our youth policy." - club spokesman
Fremantle
"We haven't discussed Ben Cousins at any of our list management meetings in the past. It would be highly unlikely that he would be discussed at any stage in the future." - coach Mark Harvey
Geelong
No comment
Hawthorn
"We've said we wouldn't be interested in him all along." - club spokesman
Melbourne
"No interest at the Melbourne Football Club, we're focused on the age group of 18 to 22." - football manager Chris Connolly
North Melbourne
"He's probably not the right fit for us at the moment (for) a whole host of reasons - age, the amount of footy he's missed." - coach Dean Laidley
Port Adelaide
"We'd look at it if he's going to play again, but I wouldn't think so at this stage. At this stage of his career I don't think we would be interested in recruiting a player at his age." - football manager Peter Rohde
Richmond
"Does he take the spot of one of our up-and-coming developing midfielders? That could be the case. Or does he come into your midfield with his experience of being a Brownlow Medallist, a premiership player a captain, does he come in and actually teach your midfielders certain aspects of the game?" - assistant coach Brian Royal
St Kilda
"The most important thing is that Ben gets his health back on track and and any other discussions are premature as far as we're concerned." - football manager Matthew Drain
Sydney
"It's been well documented that we've got no interest in him." - club spokesman
Western Bulldogs
no comment
West Coast
chief executive Trevor Nisbett did not return calls