Sydney’s acquisition of Brodie Grundy will probably be one of many first offers struck throughout this 12 months’s commerce interval, experiences Footy Categorised.
Grundy is poised to hitch the Swans throughout subsequent month’s trade interval – 12 months after his sensational transfer from Collingwood to Melbourne, regardless of having 5 years left on his Magpies mega deal – after falling out of favour on the Demons’ choice desk in latest months.
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SEN’s Tom Morris reported on Thursday that Grundy met with Swans officers in Sydney and toured their services.
It comes after Eddie McGuire revealed Grundy hadn’t been a part of a Demons 2024 participant assembly earlier within the day.
“Melbourne had a future planning assembly with all of the gamers and it was mutually agreed that Brodie Grundy, no want to show up and Brodie was pleased to not. That’s what my info is,” McGuire instructed Footy Categorised.
“No rancour, however simply: ‘We‘re ending and that’s performed.’”
Sydney and Port Adelaide had been initially seen as the 2 foremost contenders for Grundy’s providers, however the Energy final week pulled out of the race. The Herald Solar reported Sydney’s pitch to Grundy – which centered on way of life and alternatives outdoors the sport – appealed greater than Port’s football-orientated pitch.
McGuire additionally recommended the very fact the Swans (Picks 11, 22, 30, 41 and 49) have extra to work with on the commerce desk – in comparison with Port Adelaide (Picks 37, 43 and 70) appealed extra to the Demons.
“My understanding is that Port Adelaide don‘t have the picks to entice a take care of Melbourne and that Brodie will find yourself at Sydney – who have gotten the picks – and I believe Brodie needs to go to Sydney now,” he mentioned.
McGuire added Grundy had already met with key Swans figures.
“I believe Brodie Grundy will probably be one of many first offers performed with the Sydney Swans to depart the Melbourne Soccer Membership,” he mentioned.
Requested what a Swans-Grundy deal might seem like, Herald Solar reporter Sam Landsberger instructed Fox Footy’s Midweek Deal with: “Needs to be low-cost from a commerce standpoint. He was (traded for Decide) 27 final 12 months to Melbourne – Sydney ought to get him for that at a fully most.
“It ought to in all probability be much less, given he must get out of Melbourne and he’s not of their greatest 23 gamers for the semi-final.
“That will get performed seamlessly.”
Initially revealed as Grundy meets with rival membership, Demons nightmare all however over
