Giants not 'resigned' to losing Treloar, says CEO AFL.com.au
August 29, 2015GREATER Western Sydney hasn't given up hope of keeping Adam Treloar, despite big-money offers for the star midfielder to return home to Melbourne, Giants CEO Dave Matthews says.
Treloar is the last high-profile youngster yet to recommit to the expansion club and has been linked to lucrative long-term deals with Richmond and Collingwood.
Matthews said the Giants' offer to Treloar is similar to those signed by fellow onballers Dylan Shiel and Stephen Coniglio.
And he said GWS isn't "resigned" to losing the 22-year-old, who arrived at the club from the Dandenong Stingrays in 2011.
"Adam's had an offer in front of him … (since) the start of the year that's really commensurate with what a lot of the other players in and around the midfield have accepted and responded to," Matthews told SEN.
"We understand too that his manager's talked to a lot of clubs … so we'll just wait and see, there's a couple of weeks to go in the season.
"We'd love him to stay, but in saying that we've got an amazing list in my view. We've held together the players that we really want to keep and we'll wait and see."
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Despite speculation that GWS would struggle to keep its young stars, the Giants got the ball rolling early this season when key forward Jeremy Cameron inked a five-year deal through to 2020.
They have also locked away Devon Smith, Will Hoskin-Elliott, Shiel and Coniglio.
But should Treloar chose to leave, Matthews said the Giants are willing to play hard ball in trade negotiations.
"I've even had one club say to me the other day they're thinking about giving him an ultimatum – I mean, he's currently a contracted player at the Giants," he said.
"He's someone we'd really like to see stay at the Giants, but if in times he comes to us and for various reasons – mostly financial obviously – and wants to go elsewhere, then we'll just pursue the best deal we can for the club."
But Matthews still believes the young gun could be convinced to see through the journey towards a premiership with his current teammates.
"He's a terrific young man, we hope he takes the sort of offer that the other players have taken," Matthews said.
"They've all taken it to stay together and they see success on the horizon. What I do know is what he would be thinking about is where he's a chance to have ultimate success and I think he can have it here."
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