While keen to stay with the Crows, Callinan is weighing up his options after the club pounced on former Blue Eddie Betts in the first week of the Gillette Trade and Free Agency Period.
Adelaide list manager David Noble wouldn't comment on the possibility of a trade involving the 30-year-old, insisting the Crows would wait until after the trade period before deciding whether to delist him.
If that scenario eventuated his manager, Ben Williams of Players Ink., said Callinan would be desperate to continue his AFL career wherever he could.
"Ian just wants the opportunity to play football at the elite level, wherever that may be," Williams told AFL.com.au.
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"He loves the (Adelaide) footy club, but if the opportunity to play senior footy there no longer exists then he's willing to explore other options.
"He's played in three states – moving isn't an issue for him.
"Homesickness and many of the issues that plague younger guys don't affect Ian."
Callinan is a smart and skilful footballer and he's got the premiership medallions and best and fairest trophies to prove it.
On a $100,000-a-season contract in 2012 that would have ranked him amongst the most influential pound-for-pound players in the game, he booted 39 goals in 23 outings.
But he'll turn 31 before Christmas and his age will have some clubs questioning how much is left in the small forward affectionately known at West Lakes as 'Wingnut'.
Williams dismissed Callinan's age as a non-issue for his future performance, claiming his body had been preserved by his late start at the highest level.
Despite training with several AFL clubs throughout his career, Callinan wasn't drafted until the Crows took him as a 27-year-old rookie in 2010.
"He has only been a full-time footballer for three years, so he really hasn't put the same number of kilometres through his legs as other 30-year-olds," he said.
"Yes, he'll turn 31 just before Christmas, but his footy age is much younger – he's playing like a 27 or 28-year-old.
"He's still got some serious football left in him, he honestly believes he's still got a lot to offer in terms of pure output."
Noble agreed that Callinan was still very capable of playing at the highest level.
"I think he has still got some footy left in him – that's why I can't give you the heads up (on a potential trade) because might very well still be on our list," Noble told AFL.com.au.
"Until we get through the rigours of the next couple of weeks, we won't know where the list is.
"He's (Callinan) out of contract, he wants to stay on the list, we think he can still play so that's just got to play out in the fullness of time."
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"He loves the (Adelaide) footy club, but if the opportunity to play senior footy there no longer exists then he's willing to explore other options.
"He's played in three states – moving isn't an issue for him.
"Homesickness and many of the issues that plague younger guys don't affect Ian."
Callinan is a smart and skilful footballer and he's got the premiership medallions and best and fairest trophies to prove it.
On a $100,000-a-season contract in 2012 that would have ranked him amongst the most influential pound-for-pound players in the game, he booted 39 goals in 23 outings.
But he'll turn 31 before Christmas and his age will have some clubs questioning how much is left in the small forward affectionately known at West Lakes as 'Wingnut'.
Williams dismissed Callinan's age as a non-issue for his future performance, claiming his body had been preserved by his late start at the highest level.
Despite training with several AFL clubs throughout his career, Callinan wasn't drafted until the Crows took him as a 27-year-old rookie in 2010.
"He has only been a full-time footballer for three years, so he really hasn't put the same number of kilometres through his legs as other 30-year-olds," he said.
"Yes, he'll turn 31 just before Christmas, but his footy age is much younger – he's playing like a 27 or 28-year-old.
"He's still got some serious football left in him, he honestly believes he's still got a lot to offer in terms of pure output."
Noble agreed that Callinan was still very capable of playing at the highest level.
"I think he has still got some footy left in him – that's why I can't give you the heads up (on a potential trade) because might very well still be on our list," Noble told AFL.com.au.
"Until we get through the rigours of the next couple of weeks, we won't know where the list is.
"He's (Callinan) out of contract, he wants to stay on the list, we think he can still play so that's just got to play out in the fullness of time."
Twitter: @AFL_Harry
