While players and coaches are gearing up for another campaign after a long pre-season, list managers have also been pulling strings before a ball has bounced almost a year out from the 2025 trade period.
While not a common occurrence, pre-season trade news has been a feature this year as star players Luke Davies-Uniacke, Matt Rowell, Oscar Allen and Tom De Koning have calls to make.
Reports have gone as far as to suggest Allen and Rowell have spoken to other clubs over the off-season, with club list managers getting their interest in early.
With this year's crop of off-contract names still home to a plethora of quality players, we've looked at who could be up for grabs and which clubs are positioned as potential landing spots.
With this list, we name the one player your club should be keeping a close eye on in 2025.
1. Adelaide
Sam Draper
The Crows' fascination with Sam Draper comes from the club's desire to bolster its ruck stocks.
Draper originally hails from South Australia and the pull home will be used in negotiation talks with the former soccer player.
Adelaide signed ex-Swan Lachlan McAndrew in desperation following the move of ruckman Kieran Strachan to the inactive list.
Veteran tall Reilly O'Brien continues to hold the No.1 spot at West Lakes but was found out of the senior side in 2024 following a dip in form.
Matthew Nicks does have forward-ruck Riley Thilthorpe if need be but the preference would be to keep him inside 50.
So from Adelaide's perspective, the 26-year-old Draper is a perfect fit.
