St Kilda have thrown their hat in the ring for out-of-contract Power midfielder Jared Polec with a lucrative offer, according to a report byย Nine News Adelaide's Tom Rehn.

โ€œNorth were the hot favourites and I still think that theyโ€™re confident that will happen but St Kilda is now making an 11th hour bid and are making things very very interesting,โ€ Rehn toldย Nine Newsย Adelaide.

โ€œThis is the issue, theyโ€™ve made it even bigger, tempting Polec with an offer that we understand to be worth $800,000 dollars a year over five years.

โ€œWhat that means is even if Port stretch themselves to a fourth year, theyโ€™re still $2 million short of what the Saints are offering.โ€

It would now seem to be a given that Polec is heading to Victoria during October's free agency period.