THE SYDNEY Swans will entertain talking with Adelaide regarding homesick defender Tony Armstrong but expect any trade to take time with the Crows trying to deal on other players.

Armstrong has stated he wants to return to his native New South Wales after four years in Adelaide.

Swans coach John Longmire said his club had spoken briefly with the Crows in the lead-up to trade week and Adelaide had indicated talks were likely to happen late in the exchange period.

"We had a brief conversation with them last week but nothing has transpired yet and I guess things will move along this week," Longmire told afl.com.au's Trade Week Radio on Monday morning.

The Crows have other players on the table this week with ruckman Ivan Maric keen to seek opportunities at Richmond and Jack Gunston wanting to return home to Victoria to play for Hawthorn.

Later on Monday morning, after the Swans confirmed highly rated midfielder Tom Mitchell would be taken with a first-round draft selection, Longmire said there had been no indication from the Crows a third party would be required to get a deal done for Armstrong.

"He's a player who's got some family up in Sydney so he's a player who's looking if he could to get back to Sydney," he said.

"He's someone we see as someone who's a running half-back type who can use the ball pretty well as well.

"I think Adelaide has got a couple of things going on this week so we just have to wait and see how that transpires."

Longmire said the Swans had "nothing specific" in mind this week, but admitted they would love to find a key forward given the retirement of Daniel Bradshaw this year.

While he said it was an area they wanted to strengthen, he categorically ruled out Brendan Fevola in either trade week or the NAB AFL Draft/Pre-season Draft.

"We'd like to [get a key forward]. They don't grow on trees; I think every club likes to look at key forwards who can mark it and kick goals," he said.

"The reality is they're very difficult to get.

"We look at Jesse White thinking can we still develop him and keep improving him, so that's the challenge for us and every team. Key forwards are hard to get.

"[As for Fevola], not at the moment."

Longmire said the Swans were approaching the week "with an open mind", and would again look to combine both trades for experienced players and ensuring an injection of youth via the draft. 

"We open our minds up to any form of talent. If you look at the last few years we've had some relative success with players from other clubs that have come into our system," he said.

"We had a couple of 18-year-old kids play this year in their first year as well so we think it's both the trade and draft, rather than just one or the other.

"We're looking at a couple but once again, today is the first day and trade week has been extended by a couple of days this year so that will be interesting to see how that pans out."

He said their week was already off to a good start with the confirmation of Mitchell as a father-son acquisition who will be selected with their first-round draft pick of 21 in the November 24 draft.