Lance Franklin says he has no intention of leaving Hawthorn Hawthorn may only receive a draft pick at the end of the first round as compensation, if Lance Franklin decides to leave as a restricted free agent. Lance Franklin has put contract talks with Hawthorn on hold until the end of the season. BREAKING NEWS: LANCE Franklin says he has "no intention" of walking out on Hawthorn despite putting contract talks on hold until the end of the season. Franklin, who is out of contract and set to become a restricted free agent in October, said he wanted to focus on his football. There's going to be a lot of speculation, but I just want to play football. I have no intentions of leaving the footy club," he said. Internally it won't be spoken about, we'll just worry about playing footy. The footy club was shocked I didn't sign but I want to stay at hawthorn. It was my decision. The superstar forward faced the media at 2pm today, just two days after the Herald Sun revealed he had put off contract negotiations with the Hawks until the end of the 2013 season. Franklin and Richmond superstar Trent Cotchin spoke at AFL House ahead of Saturday night's Richmond-All-Stars exhibition showdown. Franklin's contract revelation led to a media frenzy across the weekend, with the line from Buddy's management eerily similar to that of Tom Scully, Gary Ablett and Kurt Tippett before that trio walked out on their clubs. SuperFooty explained how history revealed this could spell disastrous news for the Hawks, while club legend Dermott Brereton told the Herald Sun that Franklin had made the right decision. It was also revealed that Franklin had not struck a secret pact with Magpie-turned-Eagle Sharrod Wellingham to relocate to Perth and again shack up with his former housemate. But Adelaide jumped on the front foot, today declaring it could make an audacious end-of-season play for the champion goalkicker.