FREMANTLE free agent Chris Mayne has decided his football career needs a fresh start and will meet three Victorian clubs next week as he tries to settle on a new football home.

AFL.com.au understands Mayne will meet Collingwood, Richmond and North Melbourne, having decided to call time on his career at Fremantle after nine seasons.

It is believed all of Mayne's suitors are yet to put an official offer to him, but his football future will become a lot clearer after next week's meetings.

Mayne is an unrestricted free agent so Fremantle is powerless to stop him from moving to the club of his choice.

However, the Dockers will likely receive a compensation pick for the medium forward that could be as a high as a second-round selection if, as expected, Mayne attracts offers around $500,000 a season.

Mayne, who turns 28 in November, has been a consistent goalkicker in his nine seasons with Fremantle, but has made his name with elite defensive pressure.

Mayne has led Fremantle in tackles for the past two seasons – 122 in 2015 and 119 this year – and also topped that statistic in his breakthrough 2011 season.

He is coming off a solid year in 2016, when he did not miss a game and kicked 18 goals in Freo's first 15 matches before spending time across half-back in the latter part of the season.

Mayne finished second in the Dockers' 2012 best and fairest count after kicking a career-high 39 goals for the season, while he was named in the preliminary All Australian squad the following year after a 37-goal season.

From 2011-15, Mayne finished outside the top 10 of the Dockers' best and fairest award just once, in 2014, while this year's count won't be held until October 8.

The West Australian has also been remarkably durable. Since the start of the 2011 season, he has missed just five games and played in all nine of Fremantle's finals.

Fremantle recruited Mayne with pick No.40 in the 2007 NAB AFL Draft, and he has since played 172 senior games and kicked 196 goals.