Multiple clubs have reportedly reached out directly to Nick Daicos and his management over the past week regarding the possibility of a trade move.

According to AFL Media’s Cal Twomey, the Collingwood superstar “has not driven contact” and there is “no prospect of a trade”, but it hasn’t stopped audacious pursuits from rivals.

Daicos, 22, has four years to run on his current Magpies contract.

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“Over the past week, my understanding is multiple clubs have reached out — both directly to Nick Daicos and to his management — about any interest he would have about a move,” Twomey told AFL Media’s Trade Desk on Tuesday.

“He has not been driving this. Clubs have reached out, including directly to the player to gauge his interest … I’m not saying Collingwood would in any way entertain this, I’m not saying that he’s pushing for a trade, I’m not saying that he’s going to be traded.

“But to have clubs reach out to him and his management shows the world we are now in, whereby nothing and nobody is off limits, and a competition view that anything can prized open.

“It must be said that his management was contacted and has denied this, but this is where it stands, and it begun a week ago.”

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Twomey said it was “noteworthy” that clubs were now willing to be “almost brazen” about pursuing high-end rival talent.

And while a Daicos departure from Collingwood isn’t remotely realistic in the short term, Twomey said the incoming Tasmania Devils would make the father-son dynamo a “number-one” priority when he’s free agency eligible in 2029.

“He’s signed through to free agency at Collingwood, but I think Tasmania will make him a number-one priority, and that’ll be a decision for him (to make),” Twomey continued.

“He’s already spoken publicly about this. Even going back to his draft year in 2021, he was weighing up whether to nominate to join Collingwood as a father-son or potentially go into the open draft where Gold Coast — who had toured him through the facility back then — had made noises about moving up the draft board to take him at the no.1 pick.

“And if it wasn’t for Josh (already) playing at Collingwood, I think there was a reasonable chance that it would have gone to that stage — but ultimately, obviously, he signed, and the rest has been history.”