Tom Lynch is arguably the most in-demand free agent on the market with rumours the Gold Coast skipper is strongly considering a change of club.
Many are set on the fact Lynch has played his last game for the Suns after knee surgery ruled him out for the rest of the 2018 season.
Collingwood, Hawthorn and Richmond have emerged as the key runners for Lynch's signature.
The Pies have gone one better than the rest, it seems - last week, coach Nathan Buckley revealed he personally negotiated with Lynch in a one-on-one.
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On Tuesday night, The Herald Sun reported that Collingwood can fit Lynch into their salary cap if they back-ended his contract.
The Hawks have also thrown their hat in the ring to secure Lynch's services.
Should Lynch sign with reigning premiers Richmond, though, any contract mightn't be as fat on the money side of things compared to other offers.
On Tuesday, the Tigers confirmed club veteran Jack Riewoldt had signed a two-year extension to stay at Punt Road.
However, Riewoldt revealed the steps taken to stay with the Tigers, saying he had taken a pay cut on his new contract - which included restructuring the final year of his existing deal for 2019, meaning he will be on less money next season versus 2018.
"I took a pay cut. I definitely took a pay cut," Riewoldt said on Fox Footy’s AFL 360 on Tuesday night.
"I had another year on my contract, next year, so it’s basically a restructuring, really... next year's wiped and it's a three-year contract.
"I am on less money next year than I am on this year."
Melbourne veteran Jordan Lewis said if Lynch wanted to join Richmond, he would have to take a cut of his own to seal the deal.
"If a player wants to go to a successful side, he's going to take unders than the market suggests," Lewis said.
"There's a lot of money getting floated around about Tom Lynch. He can't come out and say 'this is what I’m demanding'... it's out there saying 'he wants this, he wants that'.
"I can guarantee, if he goes to Richmond, he won’t get as much as if he were to go to another club."
AFL 360 co-host and Herald Sun chief football writer Mark Robinson agreed, saying Lynch would have to make a hefty financial sacrifice if he desperately wanted to join Damien Hardwick's side.
"It was bandied around mid-year $1.5 million. That is not happening," Robinson said.
"If he signs at Richmond - in my opinion and who I've spoken to - it will be less than $1 million.
"That's a $500,000 drop from April to the start of August."
