The Cats are showing strong interest in Hopper,while they are also keeping a close eye on Bruhn,a first-round draft pick from two years ago who grew up in Geelong.
Grundy,originally from South Australia,is desperate to stay in Victoria having recently purchased a property with his partner.
GWS are desperate for an A-grade ruckman and have shown interest in trading for Grundy,but only if Collingwood paid a substantial portion of his annual salary.
The inevitable departures of Taranto and Hopper would be another devastating blow for the Giants,who for years have been forced to trade talented players due to an overflowing salary cap.
Originally from Melbourne,Taranto is desperate to stay at the Giants and loves living in Sydney.
Hopper,on the other hand,is a product of the Giants academy and hails from the small town of Leeton in southern New South Wales.
He’s seen internally as the Giants’ best pure midfielder and teammates were shocked when he didn’t win the club’s best-and-fairest award last year. He finished third behind Josh Kelly and Toby Greene.
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Both Taranto and Hopper are two of the most respected and loved figures at the Giants and,at 24 and 25 years old respectively,are in the prime of their careers.
The Giants are already paying million-dollar men Kelly and Stephen Coniglio,while fellow stars Greene and Lachie Whitfield are both earning in excess of $900,000 per season.
Star defender Nick Haynes is also entering the final two years of a heavily back-ended contract.
Were the Giants to keep Taranto and Hopper,there would be seven players at GWS next season earning $6.5 million - half of the team’s salary cap.
GWS believe they have enough depth to deal with the pending exodus. They have highly-rated youngsters Tom Green,Xavier O’Halloran,Lachie Ash and Finn Callaghan,who was taken at pick three in last year’s national draft.
The Giants chose not to comment when contacted byThe Age.