Fremantle will expand a successful recruiting blueprint in an audacious bid to lure injured Adelaide forward Mitch McGovern back to his home state.

Bold efforts from the Dockers is tipped to spark a bidding war with bitter rival West Coast.

Mitch McGovern celebrates after kicking a goal during the round 23 match between the Crows and the West Coast Eagles. Credit:Getty Images

Eagles' have sights on McGovern as a longer term plan to have a star forward in the wings to cover the eventual loss of champion sharpshooter Josh Kennedy.

Docker's scouts are understood to have the naturally gifted younger brother of West Coast and All-Australian defender Jeremy McGovern in their sights after success in snaring decorated Hawthorn midfield gun Brad Hill, Joel Hamling, Cam McCarthy and Shane Kersten.