There had been speculation Essendon had offered Robinson $800,000 to settle his year-long case but it's understood the final figure is closer to $1 million.

Robinson's lawyer Grant Walker, of Madgwicks Lawyers, simply said: "The matter is resolved."

Robinson, dubbed "The Weapon", had initially sought $2 million, including damages, for allegedly being the "scapegoat" of the club's 2012 supplements program. He was stood down on February 5 last year when the Bombers self-reported to the AFL and the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority.

The Bombers have been keen to settle in recent days, particularly since AFL chairman Mike Fitzpatrick urged Bombers chairman Paul Little to end the bitter stand-off.

The breakthrough came just as Robinson still had the option of issuing an amended statement of claim in the Supreme Court on Friday, having been ordered to do so at a directions hearing last week. What loomed as a potentially explosive trial had been set down for November 10.

Robinson has argued that he was the only club employee not given the chance to explain himself last year.

A former fitness coach at Geelong and the Gold Coast Suns, Robinson, who has been working as a senior physiotherapist in Geelong since leaving the Bombers, had issued 17 subpoenas in August.

AFL chief Gillon McLachlan, his predecessor Andrew Demetriou, James Hird's wife Tania, former Essendon chief Ian Robson, former club chairman David Evans, current chairman Paul Little and former club media advisor Liz Lukin were among those subpoenaed.

With regards to Lukin, Robinson's legal team had wanted any documents, notes or text messages about a meeting in March 2013 when Lukin allegedly suggested to Essendon officials, including Evans and Robson, a strategy to blame "rogue operators" for the club's supplements scandal.