AS JAKE Carlisle heads home to mend fences with his new club and new St Kilda teammates, it is starting to emerge that clubs had their queries about the former Bomber in the lead-up to the trade period.

Speaking on Melbourne radio station 774 ABC on Friday, Western Bulldogs president Peter Gordon said his club was interested in Carlisle, but he would only agree to an interview with the club if there was already an offer on the table.

"What we wanted to do was to interview Jake because we had some intelligence around some issues that I won't say go to character, but went to what sort of addition he would make to our football club," he said.

"Now, we were not the only football club that had some concerns. We were interested, but we wanted to talk him. He didn't want to talk to us.

"St Kilda did have sufficient confidence to say we'll deal direct and it is almost Shakespearean what has happened since."

Gordon said there were other images of players in compromised situations being shopped around to media outlets.

"I'm heartened that a lot of media are saying 'no' to it," he said.

"But it's a little bit different when a player is Snapchatting it and offering it to a friend.

"I hope Jake will learn from it and perhaps in the future become a bit of a role model."