His deal will be in the region of $5 million for a West Aussie product who played 93 games at South Fremantle over five seasons while being overlooked as a draft choice.
West Coast and Geelong officials are tipped to complete the Kelly trade on Wednesday through AFL headquarters on the third official day of trading.
The West Australian product joins his home state AFL outfit of choice in a swap for the Eagles'first round draft pick this year,at 14 and second choice (24) next month as well as a first round selection next year.
Some reputable AFL analysts are calculating the swap of as much as three critical front-end draft picks somewhat exorbitant for a 25-year-old who was overlooked for at least five national drafts as a dominant on-baller at South Fremantle.
Joining West Coast after 48 games at Geelong where Kelly has finished with successive fairest-and-best runner-ups at his age generates estimates of around 100-120 games for such a hefty price.
On the AFL draft value index,a calculation of around 2931 points is the equal to a number pick.
To surrender a combination of draft picks with West Coast superstar key forward Josh Kennedy and hard-nut defender and captain Shannon Hurn firmly in twilights of accomplished careers,is an astute calculation from Eagles management.