SYDNEY premiership player Nick Malceski could be heading to the Demons next year if he is @unable to reach agreement on his future with the Swans.

The unrestricted free agent is believed to have the interest of his former coach Paul Roos, with Melbourne set to pounce via the free agency window as the Demons continue their rebuild.

Melbourne are keen to offset the potential loss of free agent James Frawley, who will almost certainly be playing elsewhere next season, with Hawthorn and Geelong understood to be the current frontrunners. With Frawley?s management drastically dropping down on price to what was his @initial asking rate five months ago to shift, the only stumbling block now facing potential new clubs is the length of his next contract.
After re-signing on a one-year extension in May last year, Malceski?s financial demands to stay a Swan are understood to have initially been out of reach of the Swans, but both parties have since compromised.
Sydney?s star-studded list needs some salary cap relief, which will be largely accommodated by the retirements later this year of dual premiership players Ryan O?Keefe and Lewis Roberts-Thomson.

Former captain and free agent Adam Goodes will decide at the end of the season whether to have his contract extended by another year. The Swans are understood to be extremely close to announcing a new deal for out of contract ruckman Mike Pyke, who has this year assumed the role as the club?s No 1 follower.

And talks have begun on new deals for out-of-contract pair Craig Bird and Rhyce Shaw after Harry Cunningham last month agreed to a two-year extension.
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