WHILE Sydney await firm offers for the highly regarded Ryan O'Keefe, fellow forward Nick Davis has so far attracted little interest from opposition clubs and he might be forced into the national or pre-season draft to find a new home.

Stuart Maxfield, the Swans' manager of player personnel, said yesterday that no firm decision on the out-of-contract Davis's future would be made until the end of trade week.

However, with Davis having fallen out of favour with the club's leadership group and worn the patience of coaching staff after failing to achieve fitness goals and follow team rules, it would take a major about face for the Swans to retain the gifted but erratic 28-year-old.

That despite a report on the Swans' website yesterday quoting Davis's manager, Lance Thompson, as saying that Davis wanted to stay in Sydney, where he played just three games last season.

"If the Swans lose O'Keefe, which I think might happen, you know Nick's obviously going to come back into calculations," Thompson told the website, adding that he believed the Swans "haven't shut the door" on retaining Davis.

Meanwhile, the Swans now look unlikely to snare Essendon midfielder/forward Andrew Lovett after having failed both to come to terms with his management over a contract and to strike a suitable deal with the Bombers.

Elsewhere, Collingwood have signed NSW teenager Scott Reed to a two-year contract. The midfielder who could yet develop into a key position prospect was Collingwood's first NSW scholarship player.

Of draftable age this year, Collingwood have been able to pre-list Reed as a NSW rookie. The 18-year-old, whom the club has been working intensively with for three years in their development program, might otherwise have attracted a late second- or third-round draft pick.

Retired St Kilda great Robert Harvey has been in discussions with Collingwood and Carlton about joining their coaching panels next year.

And Denis Pagan has returned to coaching at the helm of TAC Cup side the Northern Knights.

"I just think I can help some young men achieve their dream and make it a little bit easier to get drafted by an AFL club," Pagan said yesterday, with a rider that will hardly cheer his coaching rivals. "It's a part-time role, although I'll probably make it full-time."