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Adding the extra selections in this year’s draft provides the Magpies further capital to match a bid on Daicos,which is certain to come inside the first handful of selections in the November draft.

It all but ends the risk of the Pies slipping into a points deficit under the father-son bidding system. Collingwood had already committed to selecting Daicos regardless of when a bid comes for the son of club great Peter and younger brother of current Magpie Josh.

However,it would still be useful for the Pies if North Melbourne - who have pick No. 1 - select Jason Horne-Francis,the dynamic South Australian,without bidding on Daicos.

Having extra picks later in the draft is also useful currency to land Kreuger and Lipinski,both of whom have requested trades to the Pies after being starved of opportunities at their respective clubs.

Collingwood despite having already traded out their first round draft pick this year to GWS still had a handful of mid-range draft picks they had secured in last year’s trade period. Now with the Suns picks,the Magpies have nine draft picks under pick 79. Collingwood currently has selections 22,36,41,43,46,48,58,78,79.

“This deal obviously gives us the scope to pursue a range of possibilities,” Collingwood football chief Graham Wright said.

Bulldog Patrick Lipinski has requested a move to Collingwood.Credit:Getty Images

“We have happily been able to make a commitment to Nick Daicos,and we are in discussions to acquire a few others. More broadly,the deal enables us to continue to build a stockpile of young talent.

“We mined the draft last year to bring six of the first 44 players into our program. Close to half of our list are in the one-three year phases of their careers and today’s agreement with the Suns will allow us to keep pursuing our strategy.”

Not for the first time in recent years,later draft picks are of little value to the Suns,who have a list full of contracted players meaning keeping late selections this year would be a waste for them. It also makes them a much more willing and generous dealer of draft capital.

Sources indicated that the Suns’ trade with the Pies on Monday has decreased the chances of fringe Sun Darcy Macpherson heading to North Melbourne in what had been a mooted salary dump deal. The proposal had been for North to absorb Macpherson’s contract while gaining Gold Coast’s pick 19,an end-of-round selection which the Suns gained as part of a suite of concessions they were given in 2019.

“We will take a minimum number[three] of selections in this year’s draft,so the important thing for us will then be to maintain or improve on our draft collateral in future years,” Gold Coast list boss Craig Cameron said on the club’s website.

Greater Western Sydney have pick No. 2 - traded last year in a deal with the Magpies - and could bid on Daicos with that pick in an ironic twist should the Kangaroos opt to take South Adelaide’s Horne-Francis without bidding.

Dogs father-son prospect Sam Darcy is a strong chance to be bid on ahead of Daicos by the Giants as the athletic ruck and forward is a better fit for need.

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