The AFL's hottest free agency property has more immediate priorities, with Tom Lynch saying footy is his only focus.
The Gold Coast key forward attracted plenty of attention at Wednesday's captains' day and straight-batted a succession of media questions about his future.
Victorian clubs are hovering with massive offers to try to lure him home.
But as the Suns' co-captain builds his relationship with new coach Stuart Dew, Lynch says all he is worried about is round one.
"I'm just really looking forward to the season starting - we've had a positive pre-season; we've won two games and Stuart Dew's been awesome," Lynch said.
"I just have to concentrate on being the best footballer I am - that's all I'm thinking about."
Lynch was asked about the possible timing of talks with Gold Coast on his future.
"It's pretty early in the season. We're not even in round one, so I'm more thinking of that rather than the contract," he said.
He would love a season similar to Richmond star Dustin Martin, who was last year's free agency focus.
Martin won the Brownlow Medal, the Norm Smith Medal and the club best and fairest as Richmond broke their 37-year premiership drought.
Amid one of the AFL's greatest individual seasons, Martin also signed a massive long-term deal with the Tigers.
Asked about Martin, Lynch grinned and said: "Brownlow Medallist and every award under the sun - that would be nice.
"Every player will deal with it differently.
"Dusty is obviously a super player and he really blossomed last year - he's been a super player for a long time."
Lynch added the speculation about his future had not been tough to handle.
"Not at all - it's been fine so far," he said.
"Pre-season, I've just put my head down and tried to work hard, implement Stuey's new strategies and things like that.
Earlier on Wednesday, Bob Murphy predicted the Suns would make this season's top eight.
The former Western Bulldogs' captain said Gold Coast reminded him of his old club in 2015, when Luke Beveridge took over as coach and they improved rapidly.
The Suns are yet to make the finals.
"Obviously last year, Richmond came from 13th and the Bulldogs did the same thing, so it can turn quickly," Lynch said.
"We know we have to work hard ... we have a really good group.
"Stuey really cares about his players and he's been fantastic since he came in."
The Suns will have to overcome a challenging start to the season, with Metricon Stadium unavailable for a few weeks because of the Commonwealth Games.
"We're just going to embrace it - we're looking forward to going over to Perth for rounds three and four, play in the new stadium and spend a week over there together," Lynch said.
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