Collingwood might additionally theoretically train their proper, beneath restricted free company, to match St Kilda’s contract provide for De Goey and drive the Saints to commerce for him. Nevertheless, doing so would more than likely imply matching St Kilda’s contract phrases with out the kind of behavioural clauses which have been a stumbling block with Collingwood.
If Collingwood matched a contract provide with out these phrases, De Goey could be ready to remain anyway.
Free agent Dan McStay more likely to be headed to Collingwood.Credit score:Getty Photographs
Whereas that is all hypothetical, the eventualities are being thought of as each events weigh up what comes subsequent within the contract stand-off.
In the meantime, out of contract Magpie ahead Ollie Henry will meet his supervisor within the subsequent week to resolve whether or not to just accept a contract provide to remain at Collingwood or search a commerce elsewhere.
The second yr participant is drawn to the concept of shifting again dwelling to Geelong, and probably asking to be traded to the Cats to play together with his brother, Jack.
Geelong are dedicated to buying and selling for out of contract midfielder Tanner Bruhn from GWS who has requested his membership to commerce him to the Cats. Doing the Bruhn commerce would make it arduous for the membership to additionally commerce for Henry, and Bruhn is the Cats’ precedence.
Ollie Henry.Credit score:Getty Photographs
Collingwood are keen to maintain Henry and don’t see the arrival of key place participant McStay as lowering alternatives for the participant who managed 15 senior video games this yr.
Ruckman Brodie Grundy might nonetheless transfer to Melbourne ought to an acceptable commerce deal have the ability to be struck with the Demons as a substitute for the outgoing Luke Jackson.
Collingwood wouldn’t have to commerce Grundy out to make wage cap room for the gamers they’ve focused this commerce interval in McStay, Bobby Hill from the Giants and Billy Frampton from Adelaide.
Loading
The choice of buying and selling Grundy is about creating wage cap area for different potential strikes resembling Tom Mitchell from Hawthorn.
Mitchell would solely be an possibility if Grundy left Collingwood. Hawthorn could be ready to pay a good portion of Mitchell’s wage and wouldn’t require a major draft choose in alternate.
