TRAVIS Cloke has come to terms with the Western Bulldogs and will join the club on a greatly reduced two-year deal, contingent on a trade.

The Dogs and Cloke’s management have agreed on a two-year contract which will see the Collingwood forward paid a fraction of this year’s $800,000 plus salary. Cloke was contracted to be paid close to $450,000 by the Magpies but the Bulldogs will extend his contract by a season while paying him significantly less than that.

The only small sticking point will be the return that Collingwood will receive for the former All-Australian. It is unlikely to cost the Bulldogs much in terms of draft value given that Collingwood have recruiting priorities and need to open up salary cap room.

Sources suggest Cloke will be traded for a draft pick outside of the second round, although there is a chance the Magpies will request a player who has been deprived of opportunities at Whitten Oval.

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Travis Cloke has come to terms on a deal with the Western Bulldogs. Source: AAP

The Magpies are trying to land North Melbourne star Daniel Wells as a free agent and are likely to also pick up free agent forward Chris Mayne from Fremantle. They are likely to acquire GWS Giants forward Will Hoskin-Elliott in a trade.

The Pies have already opened up salary cap room through the retirements of Dane Swan and Alan Toovey and may lose defender Nathan Brown to free agency. But removing Cloke’s salary — almost cut in half from this year to 2017 — would help them to complete some of these moves.

Wells is weighing up an approach from Collingwood which will give him at least a two-year deal. North Melbourne has a two-year deal on the table for Wells but earlier this week was not confident of retaining the midfielder.

Cloke kicked just 17 goals in 13 games this season, his lowest total since 2006, as he was dropped from Nathan Buckley’s side multiple times.

Buckley told the Collingwood members’ forum earlier in the week the Magpies would not stand in Cloke’s way as they try to grant his trade request.

“Travis is still with us even though he has asked to move on,” Buckley said.

“Frankly, we will do what we need to do to grant him his wish.”