Giants coach Leon Cameron is confident multimillion-dollar target Josh Kelly will reject a lucrative offer to join North Melbourne and re-sign with GWS within the next month.
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The smooth-moving midfielder who comes off-contract at the end of the season has reportedly been offered a $9 million, nine-year deal by the Kangaroos - the club his father Phil played for in the early 1980s.
Kelly and Dylan Shiel remain the two most high-profile Giants not contracted with the club beyond 2017 after a spate of pre-season re-signings which included Jonathon Patton, Zac Williams and Adam Tomlinson.
"He'll deal with what's come in front of him right now and we'll look forward to getting him done and dusted hopefully in the next couple of weeks or month or so," Cameron said.
"He gets out of bed and drives to this footy club every day and loves coming through those front doors. On weekends he loves putting on the jumper for the Giants.
"There's no doubt that having that at your footy club is huge and we feel as though we've got that and a lot of players have committed to our footy club over the years especially in the last six months. We see that Josh is going to be no different."
The Giants and Kangaroos clash in Hobart on Saturday with GWS chasing a maiden win on Tasmanian soil.
Co-captain Phil Davis will play his 100th AFL game after teammate Toby Greene achieved the milestone last weekend, marking the occasion with five goals against Gold Coast.
Key defender Aidan Corr is back in the selection frame after overcoming a hand injury, and Cameron said the 194-centimetre backman was being considered to combat North's towering forward line.
"We were really pleased with his game that he played at NEAFL level last week and he's just about knocking the door down - he's just about ready to go at AFL level," Cameron said.
"Ben Brown's an outstanding contested mark, we know he's a great focal point.
"[Todd] Goldstein will no doubt come back into the team, [Braydon] Preuss was outstanding in the ruck. They might play three talls, they might play two.
"We've got to make sure we've got the flexibility to deal with all that is in front of us."
