WITH the contracting of Hamish Hartlett to Port Adelaide on a long-term deal, the Power’s focus will soon turn to the retention of young guns Chad Wingard and Ollie Wines.

Recruited in back-to-back drafts with first-round selections, Wingard and Wines have become firm favourites within the Port Adelaide supporter base and potential long-term players at Alberton.

Wingard - a South Australian – enjoyed particularly strong seasons in 2013 and 2015, which led to his All-Australian selection in both years, while Wines chalked up 50 games faster than any player in the club’s AFL history.

With Hartlett now tied to the Power for six more seasons, Port Adelaide will aim to secure both Wines and Wingard in the coming season.

The pair come out of contract next year, as was Hartlett.

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“[It’s] fair to say … I think good players as they come to the end of their deals, they’re targeted by other clubs,” Port Adelaide’s GM of football Chris Davies told AFL Trade Radio on Wednesday.

“Certainly from our perspective we’re keen to get Ollie and Chad signed up for a period of time.

“Both have become really integral parts of our group, both [are] absolutely outstanding players – Chad’s a two-time All-Australian at 22 years of age, and Ollie showed his worth to us over the last few years, had an injury-interrupted season this year, but we certainly missed him when he was out.

“We’re keen to move forward and progress both of those discussions … those two guys, with Hamish, are the guys who are out-of-contract at the end of next year and we’re keen to get those guys tidied up over the next period of time.”

Meantime Port Adelaide’s immediate priority in the upcoming trade period will be securing the best trade for wantaway Gold Coast forward Charlie Dixon.

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Dixon nominated the Power as his destination of choice last month and the Power and Suns will shortly engage in negotiations as part of the trade period.

“Our priority is to get the Dixon deal done, from there it’s [a case of] seeing what shakes out,” Davies said.

The AFL trade and free agency period commences on Monday 12 October and runs for two working weeks until Friday 22 October.