PORT ADELAIDE has confirmed its interest in Collingwood bad boy Alan Didak.

Coach Mark Williams said yesterday he believed the star's troubled off-field behaviour could improve with a new group of friends.

"Like all the 15 other clubs, I am sure we are thinking about Alan," he said after yesterday's loss to Carlton.

Didak has been suspended by the Magpies for the rest of the season after a night out with teammate Heath Shaw last Sunday night.

A car driven by Shaw ploughed into two stationary vehicles. Shaw has been charged by police with drink-driving. He and Didak initially deceived club officials by denying Didak was a passenger in the car.

Speculation suggests the Magpies may seek to trade Didak, even though he only recently signed a new deal.

"Certainly people come as a package, they don't come just as players. The whole package is considered," Williams said.

"Over time, you will find that some people in different states or in different circumstances in different surroundings with different friends or people or relatives (behave differently). If someone gets recruited outside the state, they might not play very well until they get back to the state.

"Who knows, there is a whole lot of variables."

Didak played with the Port Adelaide Magpies in the SANFL before being drafted by Collingwood in 2000.

Williams gives every indication he is on a recruiting campaign now that finals are out of the question.

He said the 14th-placed Power's lowly position put them in a strong bargaining position.

They have found themselves on the other side of the equation in previous years, losing star players Nick Stevens to Carlton at the end of 2003 and Josh Carr to Fremantle a year later.

"We know where we are on the ladder, so it gives us an opportunity… You need to investigate all the opportunities you can, and that would include talking to anyone who may be available, almost available or is available," he said.

With AAP