Jack Trengove’s hopes of a fresh start at either Richmond or Adelaide are over due to his persistent foot injury.
The Former Melbourne captain had hoped to make a move in AFL trade period, but a scan yesterday showed the 23-year-old had reaggravated the navicular injury that limited him to two games in 2014.
The Demons says the midfielder, who was taken with the No.2 pick in the 2009 draft, will remain at the club.
While the focus stayed on late trade deals, Port Adelaide snuck in with a big announcement of its own; former Brisbane coach Michael Voss has joined Port as the midfield coach, replacing Phil Walsh, who has been appointed head coach of the Adelaide Crows.
Voss, sacked as Brisbane coach in 2013, says the Power job was too good to pass up.
“The brand of footy played under (head coach) Ken Hinkley and the continued growth of the club over the last two years has been very impressive,” Voss said in a statement on Tuesday.
“I was committed to media for another 12 months but, in the end, Port Adelaide presented me with an opportunity too good to refuse.
“I can’t wait to get started and begin working with an emerging, exciting and hungry midfield group.”
Collingwood star Dayne Beams is set to be traded to Brisbane as soon as today.
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Magpies president Eddie McGuire has hinted on his radio show that the complex deal for Beams to join his brother Claye at the Lions is just about done.
Brisbane is set to offload Jack Crisp along with picks No.5 and 25 in exchange for Beams.
The Magpies will then recruit North Melbourne midfielder Levi Greenwood by on-trading the second-round selection to the Kangaroos.
The Ryan Griffen-Tom Boyd saga continues, demonstrating that a year is a long time in football.
In 2013, Greater Western Sydney were desperate to recruit some AFL stars and shopped around their No.1 draft pick in trade period.
The Giants were essentially asking for rivals to bid for Tom Boyd, a hulking full-forward rated the best young talent in the land by the vast majority of judges.
No serious offers were made and GWS selected behemoth Boyd in the draft, banking on him forming a monstrous forward line alongside Jeremy Cameron and Jon Patton.
Now, GWS are unwilling to consider any advances for a 19-year-old who is halfway through the initial mandatory two-year contract for draftees.
And Western Bulldogs are desperate to sign Boyd, as they were Patton prior to his serious knee injury.
That desperation is partly built on disgruntled captain Ryan Griffen, who Bulldogs president Peter Gordon rates as the most valuable player on the market since Gary Ablett joined Gold Coast in 2010.
But it is also an aggressive million-dollar play from a club in need of a key target like 104kg Boyd.
Gordon suggested on Monday a straight swap of Griffen for Boyd was “value for value”.
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The Giants would disagree, if they were to entertain such a discussion.
GWS remain steadfast that Boyd will be playing for them in 2015.
No ifs, buts or maybes.
The Giants insist there is zero chance he will become the highest-profile player to leave an AFL club after one season since Nathan Buckley’s 1993 stint with the Brisbane Bears.
GWS chief executive David Matthews rubbished the notion that Boyd could be part of a deal for gun midfielder Griffen, who has a year to run on his contract and requested a trade to the Giants last week.
“We have been clear with them that despite any speculation or interest, Tom Boyd will not be traded under any circumstances,” GWS chief executive David Matthews said.
Gordon remained hopeful that “wiser heads will prevail at both ends of the transaction”.
“I reached out to GWS chairman Tony Shepherd last night and we’ll be talking,” Gordon said on the club’s website.
“Managed sensibly with mature heads, this can be a win for both clubs.
“Not managed in that way, neither club gets what it wants and we’ll be the only two of the 18 clubs that don’t benefit from that.”
Trade period concludes on Thursday.
GORDON HOT AND COLD ON GRIFFEN:
*Oct 9: “We are extremely disappointed at his approach and have no intention of indulging it”
*Oct 10: “An agreement is an agreement. It has legal effect and people ought to think seriously before they sign them”
*Oct 13: “There wouldn’t be a player, except maybe Gary Ablett, that’s changed clubs in the last couple of years that’s had the cachet and the value that Ryan Griffen has.”
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