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.
10. Hawthorn
Tom Lynch
If the Hawks find themselves close to premiership glory again in 2025, then there's no reason to suggest why they wouldn't put all their chips in for a 'win now' mentality.
Securing dual-premiership Tiger Tom Lynch could be a short-term boost for the Hawks, who are currently lacking depth of ready-made key stocks in the forward line.
Mabior Chol impressed in his first year as a Hawk, but history suggests that the former Sun's consistency rarely lasts. Mitchell Lewis is a star in his own right but has struggled to stay on the park in recent years.
With Lynch reaching the latter years of his career, the 32-year-old could be a cheap fix for Hawthorn's key forward stocks and add the experience of a seasoned premiership winner to their largely youthful group.
