Former Melbourne skipper Garry Lyon has laughed at Sam Weideman reportedly requesting $650,000 per year.

According to the Herald Sun's Sam Edmund, the 21-year-old's management surprised Melbourne with the proposal of the potential new deal, with the Demons forward to fall out of contact at the end of the 2019 season.

And Lyon was bemused at the reported proposal.

โ€œ$650,000 per year? Turn it up,โ€ Lyon toldย SEN Breakfast.

โ€œHeโ€™s a super talent and those boys of that size have got a head start on some of the other players, but heโ€™s a long way off.

โ€œBrody Mihocek is ahead of Sam Weideman as a football and heโ€™d be on $210,000.

โ€œYou incentivise him with a base of whatever it is and if you play to that level consistently, youโ€™ll earn $700,000.โ€

Weideman has played 24 games for the Demons since being drafted as the number nine pick in the 2015 National Draft.