Fremantle Dockers football manager Peter Bell has set out to pull off a stockpile of national draft picks in trade talks for departing winger Brad Hill who has requested to switch to St Kilda.

If Bell gets anything like his initial demands with Saints officials on a trade for the nippy midfielder it is tipped to be something like a coup in similar standing to West Coast giving up three front-end picks for top Geelong on-baller Tim Kelly.

Bell and Saints football boss Simon Lethlean are understood to have held initial discussions on a trade for Hill.

Fremantle's Brad Hill is keen to get to St Kilda. Credit:AAP

Hill is tipped to be headed for a hefty five year Saints deal at almost $900,000 a season to continue his playing days at a third club.