Out of contract Adelaide young gun Jake Lever has personally met with Melbourne, according to Sam McClure.

The former Calder Cannon has developed into one of the rising stars of the competition, with Collingwood, Western Bulldogs, Essendon and the Demons all jostling for his services should he decide to return to Victoria.

“Jake Lever has met with officials from the Melbourne Football Club in recent weeks,” McClure told SEN Breakfast.

“It is just another suggestion that Jake Lever could be on his way out the door at the Adelaide Football Club.

“It is rare that players themselves meet with other clubs.”

McClure said that Lever – along with fellow promising tall Mitch McGovern – wasn’t happy with the first offer put to him by the Crows.

“He wants to stay at Adelaide – he is very settled at the club,” he said.

“He sees himself as a future captain and there are people at Adelaide that see him as that as well.

“But given the difference in offers financially between Adelaide and some Victorian clubs, there remains the distinct possibility that he will leave.”

It is believed that there is as much as $300,000 difference between the Crows offer and that of Victorian clubs.