Collingwood have made a bold offer to bring their former premiership star Dayne Beams back to the club from the Brisbane Lions.
The Lions have thus far spurned Collingwood's offer of this year's first round draft pick, selection 18, and a future second rounder for the gun midfielder, who was the Lions' co-captain until mid-season.
The Lions have so far rejected the offer for Dayne Beams.Credit:AAP
Brisbane have placed a high price on Beams, and the Lions believe that it is most likely too late for them to consider Collingwood players as part of any trade deal, which remains a chance to be completed by the deadline.
Beams is keen to return to Collingwood in this trading period and it appears that the Magpies will likely need to use future picks if they are to land their former best and fairest winner, whom the Lions are reluctant to trade.
While Beams, who will turn 29 before next season, has still not formally requested a trade to Collingwood, all parties are well aware that this is the outcome he would prefer. The two clubs have privately held discussions in recent days over trade possibilities.
It is just a question of whether the Magpies can satisfy the Lions, who, ideally, would like to retain Beams and still get Lachie Neale from the Dockers.
Beams' manager Paul Connors said at a breakfast meeting on Monday morning that Brisbane would have to be well compensated to consider a deal for Beams.
"If a deal doesn't get done, he'll stay there, and that's why everyone's a bit obsessed whether he's going to demand or ask for a trade home," Connors said.
"I don't think he has to but behind the scenes, I think there's some really mature conversations happening, and it'd have to be very much weighted in the Lions' favour for anything to be done, so let's just wait and see.
"Dayne would be open to it but he's very happy to stay at the Lions as well."
Collingwood are interested in Beams but their priority this year has been to safeguard the points they require to secure next generation and father-son academy prospects Isaac Quaynor and Will Kelly this year. Clubs without requisite draft points can go into deficit. Presently Collingwood have three third round draft selections, 51, 56 and 57.
Meanwhile Fremantle have asked the Lions for pick No.5 and another draft choice inside the top 20 for their best and fiarest winner Neale, who has asked to be traded to the Lions.
The Lions have offered pick No.5 alone and argue that this selection can easily be turned into two first rounders with a number of clubs interested in trading down for that pick. It could also be passed onto Melbourne for Jesse Hogan.
Fremantle have put pick No.11 on the table to land forward/ruck Rory Lobb from Greater Western Sydney.
The Dockers, who turned pick No.6 into a suite of picks including 11 and second rounders in a swap with Port Adelaide, have offered that valuable pick 11 for Lobb. They are understood to want a decent draft choice back from the Giants as part of the deal.
The Giants hold pick No.25 in this year's draft, which would be the logical selection to request as part of a Lobb deal.
If the Giants received 11 for Lobb, they would almost certainly enter the national draft with picks 9, 11 and 13, given that they should snare Essendon's first draft choice, No.9, as the cornerstone of the Dylan Shiel trade.
Giants list manager Jason McCartney was due to meet his Essendon counterpart Adrian Dodoro on Monday afternoon to attempt to move ground on the Shiel deal. The Giants have been pushing for two first round draft picks for the star midfielder but the Bombers have so far offered pick No.9 and a future second round pick.
Melbourne have made clear that pick 11 will not be sufficient for the Dockers to land Hogan, with the Demons having wanted two first rounds or a deal involving pick No.5, which would come from Brisbane if the Dockers consent to trading Neale.
Melbourne would then trade pick No.5 to the Gold Coast for Steven May.
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