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IT IS less than a week until the NAB AFL Trade Period opens next Monday, but the negotiations are in full swing.
The free agency window starts even earlier, on Friday, as players prepare to move clubs in another red-hot exchange period.
AFL.com.au's Trade Winds will provide a round-up of the latest action every morning until the end of the Trade Period on Thursday, October 19.
Lynch a Sun for 2018, but where to next?
Star Gold Coast forward Tom Lynch "has one foot out the door" and is set to leave after his contract expires at the end of next year, a report in The Courier Mail says.
Lynch has told people close to him he would return home to Victoria to a club with a chance of premiership success if the Suns don't become better quickly.
The co-captain's manager Robbie D'Orazio told NAB AFL Trade Radio on Wednesday Lynch would be at the club next year, but it seems likely he departs after that.
Lynch, 24, is one of the game's premier key forwards, despite a relatively lean 2017, and is expected to field enormously tempting offers.
Lynch could leave if Suns are 'getting smashed'
Rockliff and Motlop to Port, impact on Gibbs
The path is clear for midfielder Tom Rockliff to become a Port Adelaide player, with The Courier Mail reporting the Brisbane Lions won't match the Power's offer.
According to The Australian, Geelong's Steven Motlop is poised to join him "in a deal hatched many weeks ago".
Rockliff is a restricted free agent, meaning the Lions have the right to keep the 27-year-old if they offer the same terms as Port.
However, they are not expected to do so.
The Advertiser says Rockliff's decision to pick Port over Carlton means the Blues are less likely to entertain a potential Bryce Gibbs trade, who may request a return home to Adelaide.
Rockliff set for Power as Blues miss out
Port want to keep Impey
Port Adelaide speedster Jarman Impey is being targeted by Hawthorn and the Western Bulldogs but The Advertiser says the Power don't want to let him go.
Port list manager Jason Cripps was unequivocal about the status of Impey, who is contracted until the end of 2018.
"He is contracted for next season – and he is a required player," Cripps said.
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