The Crows have expressed interest in out-of-contract key forwards James Podsiadly and Scott Gumbleton.

A premiership player with Geelong, Podsiadly has been told he won’t be offered a contract with the Cats next season. Podsiadly is 32-years-old, but has only been subjected to the rigours of AFL football since 2010 having been drafted at age 28.

Gumbleton, 25, has been limited to 35 games in seven seasons with Essendon. The 197cm, 99kg, goalkicker was cruelled by injuries in his early years, but has played regular football, including seven AFL games in 2013, in the past two seasons.

With Shaun McKernan's future uncertain, and indications he'd like to return to Victoria, the Crows have turned their attention to Podsiadly – who has a range of suitors – and Gumbleton.

Consideration of Podsiadly will centre around whether the timing is right for Adelaide to recruit a mature-age player.

"We're trying to re-establish the firepower we think we've lost over the last couple of years and [Eddie] Betts was a big component of that," General Manager of List Development and Strategy David Noble told SEN on Wednesday.

"At the moment, we're probably trying to work through where Shaun McKernan is at the moment. He's requested to consider some of those areas.

"With James coming on the market, and Scotty Gumbleton is probably another one, they're certainly considerations moving forward for us to look at.

"You're looking at [Taylor] Walker and [Josh] Jenkins coming off two leg injuries, they're areas you need to consider and that's where the market opens up probably in some of those smaller deals."

The Crows have also shot down suggestions they are keen on Greater Western Sydney ruckman Jonathan Giles and insist Ricky Henderson is a required player.

Noble admitted Henderson was attracting attention from rival clubs but expected the utility to remain at West Lakes.

"We offered Ricky a three-year deal a couple of years ago when he was still in contract and we saw the development of his talent," Noble said.

"He's a required player and we see that he has the essence of compiling that back end that we're putting together at the moment to be a real strong finals performing backline.

"He's got a couple of years to go and we don't see him going anywhere."

Noble denied any interest in Giles after the Crows looked at him this time last year.

"I'm not sure where that one has come from," he said.

"We haven't made any approaches or had any interest in Jonathan."

Noble also dismissedtrade talk surrounding 2009 Club Champion Bernie Vince.