PORT Adelaide has again worked a multi-club shuffle of draft picks to secure a trade - this time Gold Coast key forward Charlie Dixon.
A day after using Collingwood in a three-club trade for Melbourne midfielder Jimmy Toumpas, the Power has linked up with Richmond and Carlton to end the impasse with the Suns on Dixon.
The paperwork securing the 25-year-old Dixon is being lodged with the AFL this afternoon - well before the 1.30pm Thursday deadline for the AFL trade period.
Port Adelaide will not hand away two first-round draft picks as Gold Coast had demanded.
The Power will concede its first-round draft pick (No. 10) as coach Ken Hinkley promised last month - and swap second-round draft picks in a shuffle with the Suns and Tigers.
Beyond the bonus of securing Dixon - who will ultimately replace Jay Schulz as the Power’s major go-to forward - Port Adelaide will still have a call in the top-20 of next month’s AFL draft in Adelaide.
It would be at No. 19, the end-of-first-round draft pick traded by the Suns.
The Dixon deal is expected to trigger other trades, in particular Chris Yarran’s move from Carlton to Richmond.
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