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Gold Coast have made a move on Ken Hinkley in a bid to lure him to the club as their long-term senior coach. Suns chief Mark Evans, in Melbourne this week as he continues to work to rebuild the club, contacted Hinkley's manager Peter Blucher to find out whether Hinkley would consider leaving Port Adelaide.

Staying put: Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley. Credit:AAP

The approach came in recent days after Port's season ended while Hinkley runs exit interviews with the Power players.

Intriguingly Blucher did not reject the proposal outright and has not given Evans an answer. Hinkley remains tied to Port for 2018 and his chief executive Keith Thomas told Fairfax Media on Monday that he wanted to open contract extension talks soon.