KEN HINKLEY is looking forward to sitting down with Brisbane Lions midfielder Jared Polec and convincing him Port Adelaide should be his destination for 2014.

And the Power’s coach wouldn't rule out trading a first-round pick to help bring Polec to Alberton Oval.

The 20-year-old has told the Lions he wants to head home to South Australia and the intense lobbying for his services has begun.

Hinkley hasn't yet spoken directly to Polec, but said his club had been in touch.

"Our club has certainly spoken to him and we look forward to having an opportunity to sit down face to face and chat and show him what Port Adelaide have to offer him," Hinkley said on Wednesday.

"Until you get to the point of talking to the player, finding out whether his commitment is to come and play with us – there's no point going down the other track yet – that's a long way off.

"We understand that Adelaide will be doing the same thing but we want to make him feel that Port Adelaide is the right decision.

"He'll make a decision he thinks is best for his football and we hope we can convince him that's here at Port Adelaide."

Although Polec is keen to return to South Australia, Hinkley said that it was no certainty that Polec would play in Adelaide next year.

"When he wants to come home there are only two clubs - that doesn't mean it's going to happen, because his current club has a fair say in where he's going to end up," he said.

Other than Polec, the Power look set to target a key forward.

Despite already possessing two young key forwards in John Butcher and Mason Shaw, Hinkley said he'd prefer to draft another youngster rather than lure an experienced player from a rival club.

"We'd like to have that key position forward to be able to stand up for us. We've got John Butcher who we think is has a really healthy future for us and we've got Mason Shaw coming through, but 'Schulzy' (Jay Schulz) needs a bit of a hand," the coach said.

"It doesn't mean we won't be in the market for [experienced] players if we think they can add to our club.

"[But] predominantly, 90 per cent of our work is going to be done by drafting and developing."

Hinkley also ruled the Power out of the running to snare Richmond midfielder Dustin Martin.

When asked whether Martin was the type of player he'd consider trading for, Hinkley was blunt, claiming the club simply couldn't afford him.

"We haven't got pick two or pick three or pick four that we can offer up to get a player of that quality," he said.