Adelaide continues to butt heads with Brisbane over wantaway forward Charlie Cameron

ADELAIDE continues to reject realistic trade deals for Charlie Cameron and has instead demanded Lions star Dayne Zorko in exchange for the homesick star.

Brisbane star Dayne Zorko.

ADELAIDE continues to reject realistic trade deals for Charlie Cameron and has instead demanded Lions star Dayne Zorko in exchange for the homesick star.

Crows list manager Justin Reid continues to butt heads with Cameron’s management, saying the beaten Grand Finalists need an established player if they are to release him.

The Lions have already offered pick No.20 as compensation but Adelaide is refusing to listen to deals that involve picks.

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Cameron will walk to Brisbane in the pre-season draft at the end of next year if Adelaide holds him to the last season of his contract.

The Zorko request is ridiculous given he just won his third best-and-fairest in a row at the Lions.

But it underlines the hard line nature of Reid’s demands after losing Jake Lever to Melbourne and missing out on free agent Steven Motlop.

Dayne Zorko marks over Dion Prestia.

It seems certain the Lions will have to wait another year for Cameron unless the Crows can find a senior player to fill the void.

Adelaide and Carlton continue to work behind the scenes on a deal for veteran Blue Bryce Gibbs, which would be a circuit-breaker for Cameron to get to the Lions.

Meanwhile, Brisbane says any interest the Western Bulldogs had in 200cm forward Josh Schache has cooled.

The Dogs had inquired about what it might take to secure him and could have used a pick from Essendon if they accepted picks 25 and 30 for Jake Stringer.

They have told the Lions they won’t be trading for him.

It means the 2015 No.2 draft pick seems destined to return to the Lions to fulfil the third year of his contract.

Josh Schache looks set to return to Brisbane in 2018.

He has spoken with coach Chris Fagan in recent days, is trying to build fitness and lose weight over the off-season and is happy to return.

Brisbane seems to have cooled on trading for Port Adelaide ruckman Matthew Lobbe in recent days, with Gold Coast also not interested.

The Lions will likely secure Luke Hodge with a pick in the pre-season draft or at most trade a late pick to the Hawks.

Hodge will be well paid on a two-year deal and has already started looking at vision of Lions players despite being on holidays.