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.
17. West Coast
Chad Warner
The Eagles, and Dockers, will both be aggressive in their pursuits of Western Australian star Chad Warner, who is considering his future this year.
Sydney remains right in the hunt to land the explosive midfielder's signature, but the overtures from the Eagles could blow any other contender out of the water.
Likely loaded with salary cap space given their youthful list, West Coast have the wiggle room and trade capital to satisfy Warner and the Swans should the 23-year-old seek a move to Perth.
The Eagles hold Hawthorn's first-round pick for this year's draft as well as their own, with those two selections likely the starting point in any negotiations for Warner.
If West Coast can attain the Swans gun, it could aid their plans to retain sensation Harley Reid beyond his current contract also.
