THE BRISBANE Lions have room to chase a big-name player at the end of the year, says CEO Greg Swann. 

However, it won't be out-of-form Collingwood forward Travis Cloke.

The Lions traded in gun midfielder Dayne Beams and Geelong's Allen Christensen at the end of 2014. 

They’d suffered greatly in past seasons from young players leaving the club, such as Elliot Yeo going to West Coast and Sam Docherty moving to Carlton.

Young Lion locked in for two more years

Swann told SEN on Saturday the Lions were actively searching to add to their list.

"We've certainly got (salary cap) capacity, but there's not a Melbourne Cup field out there of really good players who are going to leave their clubs," Swann said. 

"You make plenty of enquiries." 

However, the Lions are satisfied with their key talls in the forward line at the moment, led by last year's No.2 draft pick Josh Schache and former Cat Josh Walker. 

"We won't be chasing Travis (Cloke)," Swann said. 

He also said his club had struggled to invest in off-field staff and facilities to the same extent as other teams.

"At the moment, that (football department) cap is about $9.6 million and we spend about $8 million," he said.

"It does (hurt), of course it does. You just can't do everything you want to do.

"Some clubs have a full-time psychologist, we have one part-time. Some clubs might have seven or eight in their fitness department, we've got five or six.

"(The club is) just a little bit off. From our point of view, we've improved. Last year, we only spent $7.3 million, so we've gone up a fair bit this year, so we still need to bridge that gap." 

The Lions had a loss of $700,000 last year, an improvement from 2014 when losses exceeded $3.5 million.