West Australian newsbreaker Kim Hagdorn has shed further light on the complicated situation surrounding Fremantle forward Jesse Hogan.
The respected journalist told 6PR Breakfast on Wednesday that Hogan may have played his last game for the club after he recently took an indefinite break from the game to focus on his mental health.
Speaking with Kane Cornes, Hagdorn said the club was at such a “frustration” with the 24-year-old that they were considering all their options to cut ties ahead of the new season.
“I’m not tip-toeing around it as much as others,” he said on SEN Mornings.
“I do understand how officials at Fremantle and even those at AFL House (are sensitive about this) – it’s probably the AFL’s biggest issue is the mental health concerns amongst some of the athletes.
“I think Fremantle are at such a frustration with Jesse Hogan that even considering all that, they’ll have to come to an agreement where he vacates the club for a very long period of time and ultimately I don’t think he’ll be going back to Fremantle at all.
“A player with mental health issues can be put on a long-term injury list and then be reconsidered at a due time well down the track and a player can replace him.
“Ultimately, I don’t think Jesse Hogan is in a position to play football with Fremantle again. Not only has it become a major issue, his habits away from the club which have unfortunately been fairly public over the last 11 months.
“Now it’s gotten beyond the playing group, the senior players and now even new senior coach Justin Longmuir, who I understand, are of the view that we should move Jesse (Hogan) on.”