Dayne Beams ready to request trade to Collingwood despite saying he wanted to stay in Brisbane

DAYNE Beams’ shock move back to Collingwood is still alive despite no formal trade request and with just four days left to strike the deal. The Lions remain in the dark as the former Brisbane captain has stated his love for his current teammates.

Brisbane star Dayne Beams.

DAYNE Beams’ shock move back to Collingwood is still alive with four days left to strike a deal.

The Brisbane Lions remain in the dark, but figures familiar with the situation expect Beams to be in black and white before Wednesday’s 8.30pm trade deadline.

No official trade talks have yet taken place between the two clubs, with Lions chief executive Greg Swann this week describing the ongoing speculation as “re-heated soup”.

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Swann told the Herald Sun: “We can’t say anymore because we don’t know. Nothing has come of it so far so we’ll just wait and see.”

Beams is contracted at the Lions until the end of 2020 and he is yet to formally request a trade, but the deal to get him back to Collingwood is being worked on behind the scenes by the Magpies.

It’s understood Collingwood won’t offer players in exchange and is instead keen to send draft picks to the Gabba.

Dayne Beams in action for Brisbane. Picture: Phil Hillyard

The Pies have selections 18, 51, 56 and 57 in next month’s national draft.

Any pick sent back to Collingwood in a potential Tom Langdon trade could also be used to snare Beams.

Beams, an All-Australian and dual best-and-fairest winner, would slot into a Magpies midfield that would be the envy of the competition, with Steele Sidebottom, Adam Treloar, Taylor Adams, Scott Pendlebury and Tom Phillips representing an embarrassment of engine room riches.

While the Lions have consistently stated they would not trade their former captain, it’s understood they would grant his release if an appropriate deal was proposed by Collingwood.

Beams, who turns 29 in February, last month delivered an emotional speech at the Lions’ best-and-fairest declaring his “love” for his teammates and repeating his desire to stay.

But he has since decided he wants to break his contract and re-join Collingwood.

Dayne Beams during his Collingwood days. Picture: Phil Hillyard

Dayne Beams in action for Brisbane.

Beams drove a trade to the Lions in 2015 to be closer to his father, who was suffering from cancer. Philip Beams passed away in March.

Beams’ relationship with Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley was strained at the time of his exit, but close friend Sidebottom is believed to have helped repair the pair’s relationship this year.

Beams and Sidebottom have remained friends since their first pre-season at Collingwood in late 2008.

Elsewhere, Marcus Adams still appears destined for the Lions despite the Western Bulldogs’ insistence it will hold the defender to the last two years of his deal.

While they’re a long way apart, the Dogs and Lions have been working on a trade, with Adams poised to sign a three-year contract at Brisbane once it’s finally ticked off.

On Saturday, opinion was divided on whether Fremantle was bluffing and would soon improve its offer for Jesse Hogan or were definitively out of the race for the Melbourne forward.

Gold Coast midfielder Aaron Hall will get to North Melbourne, but it’s a deal that will be completed late in the exchange period and for a late pick.