Approved: Five-club mega trade to unlock Butters deal

The five-club mega trade separate to the Zak Butters deal has been approved by the AFL.

SEN's Tom Morris has the full deal that sits adjacent to Butters and will help unlock that deal.

See it below:

WESTERN BULLDOGS

GIVE: 13, 32, 2028 F1

RECEIVE: 2027 F2 (PA), 2028 F2 (PA), 2027 F4 (PA), 2027 F3 (MELB), 2028 F3 (PA), 2028 F4 (PA), 81, 87, FINN MAGINNESS, HUDSON O’KEEFFE

PORT ADELAIDE

GIVE: 4, 46, F2, F3, F4, 2028 F2, 2028 F4, 81

RECEIVE: 6, 10, 2027 F1 (MELB), 2028 F1 (DOGS)

MELBOURNE

GIVE: 6, 10, 87, 2027 F1, 2027 F3, 2028 F4

RECEIVE: 4, 12, 31, 46

CARLTON

GIVE: HUDSON O’KEEFFE

RECEIVE: 2028 F4 (MELB)

HAWTHORN

GIVE: FINN MAGINNESS

RECEIVE: 2027 F3 (PA)

OUTCOMES

• Allows the Dogs to bring in Zak Butters as a free agent, plus Maginness and O'Keeffe for essentially nothing. And stockpile a host of later picks across 2027 and 2028.

• Allows Port to have three top 15 picks in this year's draft, plus two more first-rounders across the next two years (Dogs and Dees).

• Allows Melbourne to move up the draft order to 4, plus bring in Pick 31 which they will use on Zane Duursma.

• Allows Hawthorn and Carlton to receive late picks for O'Keeffe and Maginness.