By Laine Clark, AAP

Gold Coast SUNS appears unlikely to recruit Kurt Tippett even if he slips through to the pre-season draft.

The SUNS have dismissed the notion of snapping up the defecting Adelaide forward, who wants to become a Swan.

Adelaide is determined to receive adequate compensation from the Swans if the ruck-forward is to get his wish and join the reigning premiers. A deal between the Crows and Swans appears some way off.

Tippett will be forced to nominate for the draft pool if he is not traded by the October 26 deadline - and with the No.2 pre-season pick, the Suns would be in a prime position to nab the Queenslander.

However, SUNS football manager Marcus Ashcroft said they had "moved on" since receiving the shock news that Tippett wanted to move to Sydney rather than returning to his home state Queensland.

Asked if they were monitoring Tippett's stalled talks with the Swans, Ashcroft said: "No, we have moved on.

"His decision has been made. We respect that and we move on with what we need to do.

"We have some priorities of our own that we need to achieve."

The SUNS did have one player announcement on Monday - they have committed to signing 18 year-old Clay Cameron as a Queensland zone selection at next month's national draft to be held on the Gold Coast.

Ashcroft said the SUNS would sit and wait for their next move in the trade period after last week securing Hawthorn's Tom Murphy and cutting a deal with Geelong for Josh Caddy.

Our No.1 priority was to get Josh a home back in Victoria. That's now done, Ashcroft said.

"And obviously we were interested in Kurt.

"Now our objective is to look at what other clubs have to offer us potentially.

We have two weeks to sit back and take it all in and be considered in our decision making.

The SUNS must reduce their 46-man roster down to 39 by October 31 to make room for their three draft picks.

There are still six to 10 players that are uncontracted for next year, Ashcroft said.

"It's a balancing act to work out exactly what our needs are for next year through the trade period, and that's still got another two weeks."