LACHIE Henderson’s mother has defended her son against suggestions he wouldn’t see out the year at Carlton — and delivered a whack for AFL House in the process.

Vonnie Henderson called Melbourne radio on Saturday in a bid to make it clear her son was perfectly happy to stick out his time at the Blues and it was the club’s call to end his time early.

Henderson this week told the Blues he would seek a trade at the end of the season, with Carlton then telling the 25-year-old he was not required for the remaining three games of the home and away season.

When it was suggested Henderson, criticised by some for coming forward with his trade plans before the end of the season, may not have been happy to stay the course at the Blues, Ms Henderson took to the phone.

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“Lachie, at no stage has he said he did not want to play out the season. That was not his choice. “That was directly from Carlton. He would have loved to have played the season out.”

When asked about the suggestion Henderson had not wanted to play in the VFL, Ms Henderson said that was “completely and utterly wrong.”

media_camera Lachie Henderson with his mother before being drafted.

AFL boss Gillon McLachlan said he didn’t liked Lachie Henderson’s announcement before the end of the season — labelling it “unnecessary” and “undisciplined” — but Ms Henderson was critical of the league chief.

“I think it was completely and utterly out of line ... saying something like that and then you have something like Brisbane coming out and saying they were getting rid of Jed Adcock, I don’t think you can have one for one and one for another,” she said.

“I think the traffic is very much one way.

“There is nobody more loyal to a club than Lachie Henderson.”

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Henderson’s mother is the latest to defend the now-former Carlton swingman.

Last night former Carlton coach Mick Malthouse lashed the Blues for not allowing Henderson to see out his contract at the club.

But the Blues have defended their decision to prevent the disgruntled forward from playing the final three games of the season.

Malthouse backed Henderson’s decision to tell Carlton he wanted a trade at season’s end.

“I don’t like this. When you’re contracted until October 31 you have an obligation to play, be it firsts or seconds,” Malthouse, who coached Henderson from 2013 until he was sacked earlier this season, told SEN Radio on Friday night.

“I think Lachie has done the right thing, and I don’t think the club has done the right thing in letting him go from his last three games”

McLachlan blasted Henderson’s departure from the Blues.

“I really don’t like him saying he wants to go somewhere else with three rounds to go,” McLachlan told 3AW.

“It’s unnecessary, it’s undisciplined and I’ve got no idea why people feel the need to do it.”

Sydney ruckman Mike Pyke threw his support behind the 25-year-old Blues swingman.

“Learnt this week that club can tell player he’s not wanted but player can’t tell club,” Pyke tweeted.

Brisbane on Thursday told former captain Jed Adcock his contract would not be renewed beyond this season.

AFL wants players to hide truth about club switch. Just bottle it up, keep things secret. Protect league at expense of individual. Please. — Jay Clark (@ClarkyHeraldSun) August 21, 2015

Learnt this week that club can tell player he's not wanted but player can't tell club. Can't everyone be happy with 4 weeks notice. #auspol — Mike Pyke (@mikepyke38) August 21, 2015

Carlton football manager Andrew McKay said it was better for a player to move on if he didn’t want to be at the club.

“I think if you ask players of any club if you are playing with someone that doesn’t want to be there, there is some odd ill-feeling about that,’’ he told SEN.

“And I imagine players that are in that situation knowing their teammate is going or wants to go, their attitude would be it’s best to go now or be on your way.

“It is certainly the right move for our club and certainly the right move for our playing group.

“If he doesn’t want to wear the navy blue jumper we shouldn’t afford him that opportunity.

“And there is also the aspect of almost protecting our asset. We would hate for Lachie to get injured and lose a bit of trade power.

“Imagine if he did his ACL playing senior football or Northern Blues football. We are stuck with a person who doesn’t want to be there.”

Malthouse said he was happy to keep play playing Eddie Betts until the end of the 2013 season despite sensing “very early in the piece” that he would leave the Blues.

Carlton is likely to request a first-round pick for Henderson, who Malthouse described as “a value commodity because he plays both ends of the ground”.

“He’s worth a first-round pick every day of the week,” he said.

Malthouse revealed Henderson copped a “horrendous” head injury in his last game of 2014 that affected his pre-season, which could be behind his form and fitness struggles this year.

Henderson said on Thursday he wanted to be honest with Carlton following his six-year spell at the club and called for more players to follow his lead.

“With social media these days, there’s all sorts of things flying around, which is not nice. But I respect that everyone’s got their own opinion,” he told the AFLPA website.

“I’d like to see more honesty with how clubs are going to deal with it, how people are going to deal with it. Everyone’s different, everyone’s going to have a different opinion on things, everyone sees things differently and it’d be nice to see a little bit more honesty going around in the AFL world.”

Henderson has already attracted the interest of a number of rival clubs, with Geelong believed to be the frontrunners for his signature.

Originally published as Lachie as loyal as anyone: mum