CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 08: Stephen Coniglio of the GWS during the 2019 JLT Community Series AFL match between the Greater Western Sydney Giants and the Adelaide Crows at UNSW Canberra Oval on March 08, 2019 in Canberra, Australia. (Photo by Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images)

GWS CEO David Matthews is confident Giants superstar Stephen Coniglio will re-sign with the club.

Coniglio, a restricted free agent at the end of the 2019 season, has been at the centre of rife speculation surrounding his future, with Hawthorn heavily rumoured to be circling the 25-year-old.

But Matthews remains upbeat that Coniglio will decide to stay in Western Sydney.

“We’re confident on Stephen. I mean, he’s a great young player, a great leader, somebody you’d expect to be a future captain of the club,” the Giants CEO told SEN's Whateley.

“I expect in the coming months we’ll know exactly what’s happening there, but there’s no pressure from our point of view.

“He’s just having a blistering start to the season. He should have been All-Australian last year. He’s playing great footy, he led us brilliantly in the derby.”

It comes following the Giants announcing that midfielder Josh Kelly has re-signed with the club, locking the 24-year-old away on a two-year deal.

Matthews believes it could be an influence on Coniglio's decision.

“We know that without any sort of pressure or deadline on a young man like Stephen Coniglio, we know the consideration for him as it has been for a lot of the players, is, 'who are going to be my teammates into the future and can we hold this list together?', and we’ve given every indication that we can do that,” Matthews said.

“I think Josh Kelly’s announcement today would be part of the puzzle Stephen would be considering for sure.”

While Matthews conceded that the Giants probably can't match the financial offers that are likely to be offered by other clubs, he believes the club is able to offer alternative incentives that would encourage players to stay.

“I think what’s happened now is we’ve reached a point where the list has matured and the prospect of success and the culture of the club and I think what we’re seeing now is we’ve got players knocking back bigger offers," Matthews said.

“Those big offers come in some respects because clubs are trying to essentially fund the opportunity cost or buyout the opportunity that sits in front of some of our players."

“The size of the of the offer coming from other clubs isn’t something that’s concerned us as much as whether we can pay our players appropriately and do it in a way that holds the list together for them so they’ve got potential premiership teammates around them.”

Coniglio has had a blistering start to the season, averaging 29.7 disposals and coming fifthin the AFL Coaches' votes.