Fremantle midfielder Michael Barlow has all but declared he will be leaving the Dockers, saying his top priority is "just to keep playing footy" minutes after his manager told a Melbourne radio station that a "handful of clubs" were interested in the three-time Glendinning medallist.

Barlow has played 126 games for the Dockers but was dropped part-way through the 2016 season and required season-ending shoulder surgery after an injury in round 17 against Geelong.

The 28-year-old's manager Marty Pask told Melbourne's SEN radio station on Thursday morning that Barlow "had some interest from a handful of clubs, a couple of them Victorian."

But Barlow himself provided an even more telling comment on Radio 6PR minutes later, virtually conceding his seven-year stint with the Dockers was over.