The Brisbane Lions will have to give up more than just pick No.4 to secure Collingwood star Dayne Beams, Magpies list manager Derek Hine says.
Hine told NAB AFL Trade Radio on Tuesday the Magpies won't accept the Lions' first draft pick as a straight swap for the 24-year-old All Australian midfielder.
"From our side of things we clearly rate Dayne as a player that's just really moving into the prime of his career," Hine said.
"Clearly he's an elite player in the competition.
"It's going to take a little bit more than pick four, put it this way."
Hine said the Pies wanted a ready-made player to replace Beams, who is contracted until the end of 2015 but wants to return to Queensland to be closer to his family and has nominated the Lions as his preferred club.
"The profile of the list has changed quite significantly. In the 2013/14 seasons – with potentially 'H' (Heritier Lumumba) moving out – we've lost in excess of 2300 games' experience," he said.
"When you look at Dayne, his experience – 110 games I think he's played, just off the top of my head – so logic would suggest that we'd need to get either a ready-made player or the potential to access a ready-made player via our first pick which, if the pick four was on the table, would clearly be that."
Hine said the Pies have put an offer to Clark, who could be involved in a potential trade with the Demons for Lumumba, and expect an answer within 48 hours.
"We're hopeful that we'll be able to bring in Mitch. Again it supports that age profile that we're looking at and also gives us a little bit more flexibility with Ben Reid being able to move back or forward," Hine said.
"'H' has indicated that he'd like to get to Melbourne and clearly we've got a strong interest in Mitch, so there's two parallels there that could potentially work."
Meanwhile, Hine dismissed suggestions the Pies were interested in Richmond ruck/forward Ty Vickery and said contracted flanker Paul Seedsman was not going anywhere.
"He really fits into that 22- to 25-(year-old) bracket that we're looking to build the football club around," Hine said.
The Pies have nominated young tall Darcy Moore as a father-son selection and could be forced to use their current first selection – pick No.8 – on the son of dual Brownlow medallist Peter.
"From our side of things we just need to be really consistent and assess Darcy in the national draft, as we do with any other player," Hine said.
"I can honestly say we actually haven't sat down and put a top eight together prior to the bidding day yet."
