SOON to be out of contract Sydney forward Sam Reid says he has no real interest in joining brother Ben at Collingwood or any other Melbourne-based club at the end of the year.
Reid's five-year deal with the Swans expires at the end of this season, and the key forward is yet to officially commit to the club beyond 2017.
The 25-year-old is a key part of John Longmire's side and kicked three goals in round one loss to Port Adelaide, his first senior game since the 2015 finals, after failing to make an appearance last year because of hamstring, calf and Achilles injuries.
But he told SEN radio on Wednesday that moving home to Victoria wasn't in his future plans.
"Not really," he said.
"I do love it up here. I love the footy club, I love the lifestyle and there's not really any reason for me to look elsewhere, to be honest."
Reid is one of the Swans forwards set to benefit from the arrival of former club legend Tony Lockett, who has commenced a part-time role with the club in recent weeks.
Lockett, who holds the league's goalkicking record after booting 1360 majors during his 281-game career with St Kilda and Sydney, has been taking the Swans through some technical aspects of the art he mastered over his 18 seasons in the competition.
"It's good to have the big fella back," Reid said.
"For someone who has stayed away for so long he's a pretty handy asset to have.
"He hasn't come in and tried to transform anyone, but obviously his knowledge is second to none, so he'll be a really handy addition for us.
"He's been (working) one-on-one with a few of the forwards, but he hasn't tried to overhaul my kicking or shake it up too much.
"He's just made a few of his own points that he thinks may work for me, and his main point is that no two things work for the same person, so he's very understanding of that and he's been very good so far."
Despite Reid not playing a senior game last year, Longmire told AFL.com.au during the pre-season that he had thought about selecting him for last year's Grand Final against the Western Bulldogs, after a strong month of training.
But the 2012 premiership forward said he was never a realistic chance of getting a game, despite his training form.
"I think a few things would have had to go wrong – it probably would have had to have been a catastrophic week, and if a few guys had to go down (injured) at training it could have happened," he said.
"But it was extremely unlikely – possible, but improbable.
"It was tough, because I sort of thought I was two weeks away for the whole of last year, so it never really felt like the season was really gone until it was over.
"That was the most frustrating part, I just kept having setback after setback."
