Which clubs should chase veteran Swan who is reportedly open to exploring a trade?

AFL Media’s Cal Twomey is reporting that Sydney veteran Luke Parker is open to the idea of exploring his trade options at season’s end.

The 31-year-old is contracted until the end of the 2025 season but has played just five games in 2024 due to injury and a suspension in the VFL once returning from his broken arm.

While Parker has since returned to the senior level, he could lose his spot again come finals once Sydney regains some first-choice players like Tom Papley and as a result, Twomey thinks he’s gettable for rival clubs this October.

SEN The Run Home trio Julian De Stoop, Josh Jenkins and Andy Maher discussed the future of the three-time best and fairest winner following the report and discussed what club he could suit if he opted to assess his options.

De Stoop: “Reports are suggesting Luke Parker is prepared to explore his options.

“He’s contracted for next year, but he's only played the five games this year with his broken arm and then the suspension in the VFL.

“He was really good in the last quarter last Friday against Collingwood, so you think he's still got a role to play for the rest of this year.

“But that's got to be a tantalising prospect for a club that needs some leadership and needs some experience in 2025.”

Jenkins: “He comes with the proven stock. He turns 32 in October, so maybe missing a lot of footy this year might be a good thing.

“The fact that he can play forward, that's the key.”

Maher: “But does he still want a bit more midfield time as well?

“If that's the case, then the club that he is best suited to is a club that actually has a need for a midfielder.”

Jenkins: “He’s a reverse Taylor Adams who went to Sydney on the proviso that he was going to play more midfield time. Now he (Adams) is just thinking that he’ll play wherever to stay in the team.

“I just think perhaps it's an opportunity for Luke Parker to instead of extending his career by one year at Sydney, he might draw two or three years out of another club.

“Where could you see him fitting in?”

De Stoop: “If I'm (North Melbourne coach) Alastair Clarkson, I'm calling him straight away. He can play as a forward and help out some of those young mids and bring his leadership to that footy club.”

Jenkins: “Personally, I think if he's willing to play forward, the world's his oyster.

“If he's dead set on midfield, then I think it makes life tougher for himself to find a new club. He’ll be 32 at the end of this year.”

The 288-gamer hails from Langwarrin and was drafted with pick No. 40 in the 2010 Draft from the Dandenong Stingrays.