North Melbourne have made a Buddy Franklin, Tom Boyd-type nine-year $9 million contract offer for Greater Western Sydney midfielder Josh Kelly, according to former AFL club executive Brian Waldron. Fairfax Media has confirmed that there is a nine-year contract on the table for Kelly.

Kelly's father, Phil, was a wingman who played 61 games for North in the mid-1980s. Josh grew up following North while living in Melbourne's inner south.

It is understood St Kilda are also interested in the 22-year-old midfielder and have scope under their salary cap but not the inclination to do a nine-year deal.