Collingwood would have to move on multiple players to find the salary cap room if Tom Lynch wanted to join the Magpies.
Restricted free agent Lynch will this week return for Gold Coast after a week in Melbourne spending time with family.
His manager Robbie D’Orazio told the Herald Sun that Lynch had not met Melbourne clubs in that time and would not do so in the future.
Collingwood chief executive Mark Anderson said last weekend the Pies were up against the salary cap this year and next with little wriggle room.
It means Collingwood would need to move on some of the nearly 20 players it still has out of contract if Lynch picked them as his destination of choice.
He is expected to want $1 million a year to move south, although many close to him are adamant he will not ask for crazy figures near $1.5 million a year.
Lynch is yet to make an official decision and is in no rush despite coach Stuart Dew’s request to know sooner than later this week.
“Tom is heavily invested in the footy club. We’d love to know as soon as possible, for all parties involved. Obviously that’d be a great scenario and we’d love him to stay,” he told AFL360 on Wednesday.
But if Gold Coast doesn’t make the finals he has five weeks to meet clubs and consider his options before the free agency period.
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