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ST KILDA chief executive Michael Nettlefold says he expects the Saints to re-sign "all the people we want to sign'' in the next couple of days.
But whether that means there is a place on the playing list for each of Zac Dawson, Farren Ray, Brett Peake and Sean Dempster remains to be seen.
With the club under salary cap pressure, Dawson has been heavily linked with a move to Fremantle in the pre-season draft.
And having already traded Tommy Walsh to Sydney, the club's total player payments is likely to be ticked off by the AFL's Ken Wood with Ray, Peake and Dempster still on its books.
"We're pretty close to finalising our list for the year, so I'd expect we'd be making some announcements on that in the next 24-48 hours,'' Nettlefold said this morning.
"I think we're in good shape, we've done a lot of work, we're where we need to be and we're very confident that we'll have all the people we want to sign ... signed up within the next couple of days.''
New coach Scott Watters reiterated Nettlefold's stance, but indicated there were only deals on the table for "three'' of the above quartet.
"We've had talks with all the uncontracted players. As we've stated we've been trying to work through that,'' Watters said.
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ST KILDA remains hopeful of keeping defender Zac Dawson, despite reports he is headed for Fremantle.
Dawson is yet to re-sign with the Saints and is understood to be pursued by former St Kilda coach Ross Lyon, who left the Saints in September to coach Fremantle.
The 25-year-old, along with Farren Ray, Brett Peake and Raphael Clarke, is yet to commit to the Saints for 2012 but St Kilda chief executive Michael Nettlefold said the club was confident of keeping him.
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