Collingwood’s interest in Hawthorn forward Jack Gunston remains, according to The Herald Sun.
Gunston is coming off an outstanding 2020 season that saw him win his first best and fairest as well as finishing third in the Coleman Medal with 31 goals.
It's understood that the Magpies are keen on prising Gunston out of the Hawks while looking to offload midfielder Adam Treloar.
The report also states that Hawthorn want a first-round pick for Gunston who has two years left on his contract.
Matthew Lloyd says Gunston is the type of player Collingwood need to enhance their premiership chances.
“Well done Collingwood if you were able to get Adam Treloar out and Jack Gunston in,” Lloyd told AFL Trade Radio's The Early Trade.
“He’s the type of player they need. At the end of it all I’d go, ‘Ok, now I know why Collingwood were trying to get Adam Treloar out because they had Jack Gunston in the wings all along’.
“If you can get Adan Treloar out and Jack Gunston in, I think it would be a pretty big win for Collingwood.”
But Lloyd would hold out for a higher pick before entertaining the possibility of trading Gunston.
“Pick 16 in a draft like this, If I was Hawthorn, I would keep Jack Gunston,” the Essendon great said.
“I’ve been in situations late in my career where senior players just kept going out the door and we were a mess by the end of it, just too much youth in the team and lacked direction and senior players.
“If I was a Hawthorn supporter and I saw Isaac Smith going out and then I saw Jack Gunston going out, I’d say, ‘Where are we going?’ Is it worth me buying a membership next year?
“If it’s around the pick No.10 mark, I’m starting to think about it now, but if it pushes out to 17 or 18, I’d be keeping Jack.”
Kane Cornes pondered how the Hawks can improve their draft hand without sacrificing a senior player with good currency.
“If you got a first-round pick for Gunston from Hawthorn I could understand that take with where the Hawks are at right now, but how does that satisfy Alastair Clarkson with a couple of years left on his contract?” Cornes said.
“It basically means they’re going to go to the bottom of the ladder.
“You’re going to have to get some talent in, how do you do that though without giving up something would be the question.
“Is this year the year to do it? How else do you go to the draft without giving up a player who’s going to be 30, has probably got two good really years of footy left in him, what else do you do?”
Hawthorn hold picks 4, 24, 45, 46, 49, 65, 72 in this year’s draft.