Geelong are set to again be a big player in this year’s trade period with plenty of cash to splash on new talent.

7NEWS chief AFL reporter Mitch Cleary revealed the Cats will have plenty of room in their salary cap space to splurge on two stars in the next few years.

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That’s despite having recently lured superstars Bailey Smith and Jeremy Cameron on big-money deals.

“We know the success they’ve had with Jeremy Cameron, Patrick Dangerfield and Bailey Smith from other clubs, but the Cats are not done yet,” Cleary said on Tuesday.

“They’re going to be going hard after Harley Reid and Zak Butters in the years to come.”

Cleary said Geelong CEO Steven Hocking had told the audience at a Pivots Coterie function (a group for long-standing Geelong fans) that his club had room in their salary cap for two more stars over the next couple of years.

The Cats always seem to be a destination for rival players and already this year have been linked to superstar trio Matt Rowell, Butters and Reid.

Appearing on Channel 7’s The Agenda Setters on Tuesday night, Geelong coach Chris Scott was asked about the “war chest”.

“They’re good names,” Scott said, talking about Reid and Butters.

“I think we’re like every club. We sort of think big initially.

“(But) we are in a position (to think about it). One of the fortunate things about having a more experienced list, which has been the case for a long time now, is that we tend to have had players who have been on big salaries in their prime but are sort of coming down.

“It would make sense when we lose Patrick (Dangerfield) at some point, Jeremy Cameron, that there’d be a bit of room there, but hand on heart, it’s not something I have great visibility over.

“I certainly know that we can be in the market.”

Questions are often asked of Geelong’s recruiting, but they have a lot of bargain players perform well above their pay.

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Cats players notoriously accept contracts less than market rate as a trade-off for the lifestyle advantages that come with living in the Geelong area and playing for a team that is a perennial finals contender.

They also have a knack for finding talented players that have been overlooked by rival clubs.

Mark Blicavs, Zach Guthrie, Brad Close, Jack Henry, Oliver Dempsey and Tom Atkins all came to the club via the rookie list, while Tyson Stengle became an All-Australian after signing as a delisted free agent.

Irish recruits Mark O’Connor and Oisin Mullin are first-team regulars, while Lawson Humphries (No.66), Gryan Miers (No.57), Tom Stewart (No.40), Shaun Mannagh (No.36) were all taken late in the national drafts.

Channel 7 commentator Kane Cornes noted Geelong’s excellent recruiting on The Agenda Setters.

“It annoys me a lot when everyone says Geelong get free kicks, how do they sign all these players?” he said on Monday.

“Pretty much every player on that list every club had access to.

“Tyson Stengle - delisted free agent, there’s rookies, there’s bargain picks late in the drafts, and they turn them into stars.

“If you’re another club supporter base, don’t go sooking about Geelong because every single club had access to those players who are now stars of the game ... and were all pretty much by and large very good performers on the weekend against the Gold Coast.”