BRYCE Gibbs has moved closer to becoming an Adelaide player, with the Crows and Carlton making significant progress on a deal.

The Blues are set to receive Adelaide’s first draft selection (Pick 13) if the deal goes through and the clubs have been discussing a proposal, in which Carlton receives the Crows’ first pick in 2017 and give back the Blues’ second-rounder next year.

If this goes ahead — and the parties are understood to be much more amicable than they were — Carlton would have two first-round picks for Gibbs, but Adelaide would be well compensated if it finishes high on the ladder next year and Carlton finishes in the lower reaches in what is, in effect, a trading down of draft picks.

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Another possibility is that Carlton could receive Pick 13 then Adelaide’s 2017 second-round selection.

The clubs are believed to have focused largely on a draft-related deal, rather than involving a player from Adelaide moving to the Blues, who had found it difficult to persuade the Crows to give up a player they liked.

Carlton would have traded Gibbs for Pick 13 and Charlie Cameron, but the Crows did not want to let go of their emerging small forward.

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The Blues also made ground in discussions with GWS over tall defender Caleb Marchbank, who is expected to join Carlton in a deal involving a draft pick or picks. It is possible that the compensation from the Gibbs deal — namely Pick 13 — would be passed on to the Giants for Marchbank, but there is still work to do on this prospective deal.

Giant Jarrod Pickett, who is expected to have his wish of joining Carlton granted, could be part of the Marchbank deal, but Rhys Palmer — mooted as a potential ‘steak knives’ in that transaction — will not be going to Carlton and is set to stay at GWS.

Geelong will acquire Zach Tuohy from the Blues, who have been offered Billie Smedts and either a draft pick or a pick swap. Cat Darcy Lang spurned the opportunity to become a Blue as part of a Tuohy trade.