Talented Brisbane utility Jared Brennan is shaping as a potential top pick in this year's AFL pre-season draft but he remains keen to strike a new deal with the Lions.

Brisbane have so far been unwilling to meet the contract demands of the versatile 23-year-old, who has regularly shown flashes of brilliance hampered by inconsistency.

Brennan's manager Peter Whitehead said he had spoken with several clubs, including Richmond, who hold the No.1 pick in the pre-season draft, but it did not mean the player was definitely on the move.

"We're just considering our options," he said.

"He still wants to stay with his mates at the Lions ... the door's not closed on Brisbane at all.

"From a family perspective, he's got a young family, he's just looking at securing his family's future.

"But if that can not be worked out with the Lions, there are other options."

Richmond director of football Greg Miller indicated the Tigers would be able to afford Brennan, a former No.3 draft pick who will command a hefty wage bill should he nominate for the pre-season draft.

"We had room for Chris Judd," Miller said when asked if there was room for Brennan under the club's salary cap.

"It appears (Brennan would be the best available player should he nominate for the draft), but I haven't examined the whole list yet as to who's uncontracted and who's available.

"The pre-season draft is about insurance to your list and improving your list in deficiency areas.

"We'll examine all the uncontracted players and weigh them up to see who best suits our list."

Miller also refused to rule out the Tigers chasing sacked Carlton skipper Lance Whitnall.

He was shown the door by the Blues at the weekend - the club telling the 28-year-old they didn't believe his degenerative knee injury would allow him to train often enough to play at his best.

Doctors are believed to have advised Whitnall, who won the club's best and fairest in 2006, that he would only be able to train once a week.

"I haven't spoken to the senior coach yet and he will determine once the national draft is finished who is the best player to help our list," Miller said.

Already the Western Bulldogs, in the market for a key forward, have ruled themselves out of chasing Whitnall.

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