Season 2024 and the accompanying trade and free agency periods are left in the review mirror with a stern focus on next month's National Draft.
Whilst all 18 clubs are looking at bringing in the country's best young talent, list managers are also preparing their best pitches in retaining - or luring - some of the game's stars.
Sydney's Chad Warner will be highly sought after by Western Australian clubs as both Fremantle and West Coast sell the dream of playing in his home state.
Western Bulldogs captain enters 2025 in a contract year, but a UFO would have to land on planet Earth to see him depart the Kennel.
Bontempelli and Warner are two of over 250 players who will be looking for extensions beyond next year.
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2. Chad Warner (Sydney)
Arguably the biggest name to watch over the next 12 months.
Warner is already tossing up a move back to his home state (Western Australia), with West Coast and Fremantle planning the coup.
The Swans have a knack of retaining its stars and will be confident of keeping the 23-year-old in New South Wales.
But the heartache of two grand final losses and the go-home factor could spell the end of Warner's time in a Sydney guernsey.
