THE SYDNEY Swans have held talks with former star Barry Mitchell over a job at the club, which last month committed to drafting his son Tom.

The Age reported that the Swans denied they had offered a position to Mitchell as a 'sweetener' to lure the highly sought-after Tom to the club.

On Wednesday it was revealed that Greater Western Sydney had employed Phil Scully, father of boom recruit and former Demon Tom, in a full-time recruitment role, with his pay to be included in the Giants' salary cap.

Swans football manager Dean Moore told The Age that Mitchell, who has left an assistant coaching position at Fremantle, had not been officially offered a position, but the club had discussed employing him in a role related to next year's introduction of free agency.

'We spoke to Barry initially about an assistant coaching position after Mark Stone left the club, which we weren't expecting,'' Moore reportedly said.

''He wasn't keen on that and since then we have spoken about creating a position which we see as important with free agency coming in. But we haven't fully defined the role yet and nothing has been decided. They were just discussions at this stage.''

The Age reported that AFL football operations manager Adrian Anderson said any arrangement made with Mitchell would be considered on its merits.

''I was asked about the Todd Viney situation at Melbourne but that is completely different because his son is not even at the club yet and the father is a respected assistant coach.

''In any other case [AFL investigations officer] Ken [Wood] would make an assessment as to whether he thought the parent's role was linked to the son's services.''