“My mail is...”: What Davies-Uniacke needs to see from Roos before recommitting

North Melbourne’s Luke Davies-Uniacke is set to be one of the hottest free agents available next off-season.

While the 25-year-old has suggested he wants to remain at Arden Street, North Melbourne list manager Brady Rawlings admitted that early discussions about extending his deal have been halted for the moment.

Rawlings says that the Roos are keen on picking up those talks again but are waiting for the player and his management to sit down and decide his next move.

“We obviously have had discussions for a while, he’s obviously a great player for us and he’s a Kanga through and through,” Rawlings said on AFL Trade Radio.

“But it probably isn’t at a stage where he’s quite ready to chat (about getting the deal done).

“Hopefully we can pick up those discussions again … we’d love to sign him away, but we’re dictated by his timeline there.”

SEN regular and Nine’s Tom Morris thinks that Davies-Uniacke was smart to put a halt on talks given how much money he could potentially earn next off-season, boosting up his value at North Melbourne or moving elsewhere on a huge deal.

Morris also believes that Davies-Uniacke is wanting to see some serious on-field improvement at North before putting pen to paper.

“They’ll be desperate to re-sign him,” Morris told The Trade Feed.

“But I think LDU is in a position now where he can command massive cash from clubs such as St Kilda, Essendon and whoever else has money.

“But my view is, and my mail is that he needs to see improvement from North Melbourne.

“He's not going to re-sign long-term if he feels like the club's going backwards or stagnating, which is fair enough, isn't it?”

Davies-Uniacke has won just 21 of his 108 career AFL games to date.