Gary Ablett has been offered a new contract by Gold Coast that will ensure he stays one of the game's very highest-paid players from 2016.

The Suns have offered the dual Brownlow medallist a two-year extension, in which he would receive more than $1 million in both 2016 and 2017 – which, on present contracts, would keep him in the top three highest-paid players in the AFL in those years, along with Lance Franklin and Tom Boyd.

Gary Ablett Credit:Getty Images

It is possible, of course, that Patrick Dangerfield – a free agent next year – or another player will sign a new deal that will surpass that trio in terms of remuneration after 2016.

While Ablett has yet to sign, sources said there were no issues between the parties and that he was expected to sign the extension early next year.