Fringe Western Bulldogs ruckman Jordon Sweet needs a commerce to Port Adelaide in a transparent sign the Power have misplaced the race to safe Brodie Grundy.
Melbourne’s Grundy is now anticipated to maneuver to Sydney after reportedly rejecting Port’s advances.
Sweet, who has performed 11 AFL video games in two seasons however is off contract, covets extra game-time however is second-choice ruck on the Bulldogs behind star man Tim English.
“The club was keen to retain Jordon having had a contract on the table for the majority of the year however the ruckman has a desire to return to his home state,” the Dogs mentioned in a press release on Tuesday.
“The club will now work with Port Adelaide to facilitate a suitable trade.”
The looming Sweet deal comes as Grundy weighs his future at Melbourne, the place his first season since transferring from Collingwood has failed to reach tandem with Demons skipper and ace ruckman Max Gawn.
Grundy is now set to affix the Swans, whose lead ruckman Tom Hickey has retired.
And Port’s want to recruit Sweet might additionally spell the top of Scott Lycett’s time at Alberton – the 30-year-old managed solely 4 video games final season and 13 to this point this 12 months amid frequent damage battles.
Lycett’s contract will quickly finish at Port, who’re within the field seat to signal defenders Esava Ratugolea from Geelong and Brandon Zerk-Thatcher from Essendon.
Both Ratugolea and Zerk-Thatcher are understood to have nominated Port as their most well-liked vacation spot for subsequent season.
The AFL’s commerce nine-day interval formally begins on October 9.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
