COLLINGWOOD president Eddie McGuire has flatly denied the Magpies have contacted Paul Roos about a role in 2018 as coach Nathan Buckley enters his make-or-break season.

McGuire was responding to speculation this week that Collingwood has sounded out Roos about a coaching position after missing the finals for three straight seasons under Buckley.

Buckley, who is entering the final year of his contract in 2017, admitted earlier this year he must make the finals or he won’t have a job beyond next season.

McGuire has denied the claims linking the Magpies to the premiership coach.

“No one has spoken to Paul Roos,” he said.

“That would be feasible but it’s not happening.

media_camera Eddie McGuire has denied Collingwood has approached Paul Roos about a position for 2018.

“I’m about planning for the future ... there’s no issue with that but that’s not the case.”

Since taking over from premiership coach Mick Malthouse, Buckley has led Collingwood to 60 wins and 50 losses but pressure is mounting after the Magpies finished eleventh and twelfth in the last three seasons.

“I said that’s OK that Bucks said that (about making finals) but we’ll make the decision on what we’re doing with the coach and we’ll take into account everything that happens,” McGuire told Triple M.

“We’re not lunatics, we’re not kneejerk, we’re not trying to drum up a headline, we wait and see what happens.

“That conversation is absolutely fine for people to speculate and talk about. But I can tell you that (discussions with Roos) hasn’t happened. Full stop.”

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The highly-sought after Roos could be available after handing over the reins at Melbourne to Simon Goodwin after turning the club around in three seasons.

But the premiership coach said earlier this year he won’t be making a coaching return.

“We’ll be moving on ... doing different things,” he said in May.

“My wife has lived here now for a number of years (after moving from America). She misses her family and cousins and nieces and nephews and that sort of thing.

“We’ll be changing our lifestyle where it’ll be impossible to coach again.”

Andrew Jarman told Adelaide radio he believes Collingwood has been in talks with Roos about taking over from Buckley, who he claims does not have the support of the playing group.

“My AFL source gave me a call this morning. He said, Jars, Collingwood have made contact with Paul Roos about being their new senior coach in 2018,” he said.

media_camera Nathan Buckley is under pressure to get Collingwood back in the finals in 2017. Picture: Michael Klein

“Nathan Buckley will obviously coach next year, just to see out his contract. So it will be a nice smooth transition. Buckley out, because I tell you what he hasn’t got the players’ support.”

McGUIRE also hosed down the possible suspension of new football boss Graeme Allan for his involvement in the Lachie Whitfield drugs case.

Allan has professed his innocence and will contest the claims and has hired top dispute resolution lawyer Leon Zwier to lead his defence against possible AFL charges.

“It’s not our issue, it’s GWS’s issue,” McGuire said.

“It’s got nothing to do with us. If something happens then it appears we have an issue ... which is OK we’ve got that under control. We have contingency plans in place.

“The point I’m saying is this is trying to cause drama that isn’t there.

“It’s a GWS issue, which seemed to have been cleared by an independent QC.”