Collingwood have opened negotiations with De Goey’s manager Ben Niall after both parties agreed at the start of the year to put off talks until the middle of the season, following another suspension for De Goey for an off-field indiscretion. Since then De Goey has significantly turned his football career around and has this year become one of the rising stars of the competition. The question now has moved from whether Collingwood want to keep him to how much they will have to pay to keep him. The trend for several years in football has been for players, outside of those moving home from interstate, to stay at clubs for significantly less money.

The Magpies would be expected to have to pay in the vicinity of $750,000 to $850,000 a year to keep De Goey. It is uncertain how North would complete a trade for De Goey, who is not a free agent. The Roos have access to star junior talent Tarryn Thomas, a Tasmanian next generation academy player who is regarded as a likely to attract a bid in he top five in the draft. To secure him the Roos are expected to need to use the points from their first round draft pick and their second round will slide back in the order. Thus in the absence of trading a player or trading in draft picks, the club would have to try to trade future picks for De Goey. Satisfying Collingwood with a trade would appear difficult. The uncontracted midfielder-forward fuelled contract speculation after the Queen's Birthday match against Melbourne when he indicated in a TV interview that he was keen to remain at Collingwood and a deal would be signed soon.

Niall moved after that to quash rumours that he had already re-signed. Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley said after that he thought the discussions were all part of the theatre of football. “Let’s be transparent with this: a couple of days ago, Jordy said, ‘I love Collingwood, I want to stay at Collingwood’, so the manager needs to come out and say the ‘godfather’ thing just to have a bit of leverage,” Buckley said on Channel Seven. “Now that’s all part of the fun and games. Jordy’s been first-class. He’s wedded to the playing group, and the leaders in particular have stepped him through the last few years of his career – they have really helped him on and off the field. “There’s a really tight bond between him and the playing group.”