Back to the Pies? Dayne Beams. Credit:AAP

Almost half the clubs in the AFL are potentially involved in a monster multi-player deal that would tie the mooted trades of Jesse Hogan, Lachie Neale, Steven May and Dayne Beams to Chad Wingard’s move to Hawthorn and Rory Lobb’s passage to Fremantle.

In a mega deal that is likely to dominate the final day of the trading period and which was being negotiated on Tuesday, up to eight clubs – Melbourne, Brisbane, Fremantle, Collingwood, Port Adelaide, Gold Coast, Hawthorn and Greater Western Sydney – are part of the proposed blockbuster, which is really a series of contingent trades, in which one part makes another possible.

Under the terms proposed on Tuesday, Neale would become a Lion in a swap that sends pick five – and perhaps another pick – to Fremantle, while the Demons would part with Hogan for picks six and 23 and then pass that selection on to Gold Coast for May.

Fairfax Media understands that Chad Wingard’s move to Hawthorn, in exchange for Ryan Burton and pick 15 – and possibly something else – is potentially linked to these moves, with Port eventually ending up with pick five and losing pick six. They would also receive pick 15 from Hawthorn.