Essendon has emerged as a suitor for Collingwood star Jordan De Goey, according to SEN's Sam Edmund.

The out-of-contract forward has already been linked to Carlton as speculation on his future ramps up ahead of the upcoming trade period.

The Pies got knocked out of the finals by Geelong on Saturday night, with coach Nathan Buckley stating in his post-match press conference that monetary terms were a key factor in De Goey's contract talks.

Edmund confirmed the Blues' interest while also revealing that the Bombers are into the 24-year old.

“The Carlton interest is obviously real, and Essendon’s interest is also strong,” he said on SEN Breakfast.

“Valuing (De Goey) is tricky, it’s the promise versus performance. He’s shown he can be a match-winner but do you want to see him join the dots a bit more between those stand out games.

“(The Bombers are) absolutely in there as well."

Having split with his manager earlier this year, De Goey is currently being represented by his father Roger in contract negotiations.

However, Edmund believes that the former Pick 5 could soon sign a new manager as his contract talks progress.

“Jordan De Goey is being represented by his dad Roger and for the record, I don’t think that will be happening for too much longer,” he said.

“I’m hearing a few things this morning that he’ll be represented by a more traditional manager soon given the complexities of what this deal will look like.

“The salary cap is going to come down, but it’s matter of how much and there’s some wildly different opinions on how much it’s going to come down.

“Third-party deals might be loosened so whether Jordan De Goey can sign for less than he can command elsewhere and then it’s going to take some pretty crafty orchestrating to get those third-party deals opened up across the board.

“Roger and by extension Jordan (De Goey) were painted solely as being driven by money and you do wonder if that causes some damage to the relationship.

“If Jordan De Goey was driven by money, he would’ve left a couple of years ago for North Melbourne (on a big-money deal).

“I don’t think those comments went down too well.”

De Goey averaged 13.5 disposals from 10 games in 2020 and booted 14 goals.