Triple Subiaco premiership player Greg Broughton is set to return to the WAFL — with West Perth rather than the Lions.

The former Fremantle and Gold Coast utility player could become the third Docker to join the Falcons, with Nick Suban and Josh Deluca close to signing for the club.

All three have won three WAFL flags, with 31-year-old Broughton part of Subiaco’s premiership hat-trick last decade. He returned to Subiaco last year after 42 matches at Gold Coast to go with 68 at Fremantle and played in the team that lost the grand final to Peel.

But he left the Lions at the end of 2016 and spent this year with Toodyay in the Mortlock league.

West Perth captain Jay van Berlo is set to play a key role in recruiting Broughton and Suban, given the trio were close during their time together at Fremantle.

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West Perth have sufficient salary cap and player points room to recruit at least three former AFL players.

They are confident Deluca, who will live in their district, will also join the club rather than accept a strong offer from South Fremantle.

Suban has undergone a medical at Greater Western Sydney and is waiting to see if they will give him a lifeline after 156 games at the Dockers.