CARLTON has become the preferred destination of yet another young Greater Western Sydney player with small forward/midfielder Jarrod Pickett nominating the Blues.

While the Blues could lose talented Irishman Zach Tuohy, who has nominated Geelong as his preferred club and is believed to have been offered a four-year deal by the Cats, they have now become the desired home of two Giants — with Caleb Marchbank and now Pickett seeking a move to Carlton.

It is unclear whether Pickett could be tied into a deal for Marchbank. Carlton would likely offer the Giants the draft pick it gains from Adelaide for Bryce Gibbs — expected to be pick 13, though the Blues want more than that pick for their star midfielder who is seeking a trade back to South Australia.

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Pickett is under contract for one more year but seems certain to be traded. The former pick four spent much of 2016 on the sidelines after suffering a Lisfranc fracture in the NEAFL in April.

Tuohy met with the Cats last week and has spurned a less lucrative three-year offer from Carlton. But Geelong faces a significant challenge to acquire both Tuohy and Richmond’s Brett Deledio, given it does not have a first-round pick and has a tight salary cap.

The Giants have wanted Carlton’s pick five to be part of a deal for Marchbank with GWS sending a subsequent pick — potentially 15 or 16 — back to the Blues and/or a player.

Jarrod Pickett is tackled by Ryan Griffen during a GWS Giants intra-club game. Source: Getty Images

Pickett was drafted in 2014 at pick four when Carlton list manager Stephen Silvagni occupied the same position at GWS, which traded four players to the Blues last off-season, albeit none of them were of the perceived calibre of Marchbank.

Steven Motlop has been raised by Geelong as a potential trade chip for Deledio but the Tigers have ruled him out and as yet no club has pursued the talented midfielder, whose exit would open up space in the Cats’ salary cap.

Geelong does have the option of trading this year’s second round pick, currently pick 35, or next year’s second round pick. The Cats could also trade a player directly to either Richmond or Carlton, though none is yet on the table.