North Melbourne has reportedly offered free agent Cam Zurhaar a five-year contract to remain at the club.

Zurhaar - who will arguably attract the most attention the longer he remains unsigned - has put contract talks on hold until later in the year.

The Western Australian has gone on record saying he'd look to see the growth and trajectory of the club before making any decision.

However, the Kangaroos have been quick to put the deal in front of the gun forward, with AFL Media's Cal Twomey revealing the news.

โ€œEssendon had interest in him a couple of years ago, the WA clubs (West Coast and Fremantle) have watched him as well," Twomey said onย SEN.

โ€œBut the Roos have been on the front foot and have offered him a long-term deal for five years to stay at Arden Street.

โ€œHe's weighing up that career call. He wants to see some progress and advancement at the Roos."

The 25-year-old's name has reportedly popped up across Sydney's desk, with the club having rich success in luring big names to New South Wales.

Zurhaar's manager - former Richmond and GWS player Brett Deledio at Mac's Sports Productions - has denied such interest, saying: "I have not received one phone call from anyone at the Giants, nor Sydney," earlier this month.

Deledio did admit that his client Zurhaar is keen to find on-field success in the near future, stating: "He's won 25 of out of those first 99 that he's played."

"Let's hope the promise the Roos are showing eventuates and they start to win some games of footy.

"The state of play is that he's contracted this year. I'm just going to play a very straight bat here; he's waiting to see improvement and what the growth is (at North Melbourne).

"Things are looking up but it's going to be a slow burn."

Zurhaar said ahead of his 100th game in Round 1 that it's "pretty ridiculous" that questions about his contract were being asked before the season had begun.

"I'm really happy at the club at the moment, I can't fault it at all. I just want to play the best footy I can and hopefully, we play finals soon," Zurhaar said.

It is pretty ridiculous to me. I know it is going to happen, it happens every single year and I'm just the subject this year."

Despite the 0-2 start to 2024, the Kangaroos have shown glimpses of team brilliance, including leading Fremantle by 33 points in Round 2.

North Melbourne will take centre stage on Good Friday, when they host Carlton at Marvel Stadium.