AFL trade talk: Who is your club chasing?Staff writers
Herald Sun
September 22, 2016 6:38pmRICHMONDThe Tigers are set to be one of the most active players in trade talks, with several players potentially on the move.
Free agent Ty Vickery has been strongly linked to Hawthorn for weeks with a reported salary of about $400,000 a season that would give the Tigers a second-round compensation pick.
The Tigers are open to trades for first-round draft picks Reece Conca and Ben Lennon but there hasn’t been a lot of talk about possible suitors, although WA clubs were interested in Conca before he signed his current contract.
Brett Deledio’s name keeps bobbing up but he is contracted for another year and says although his manager has fielded calls from rival clubs, all the trade speculation is just “noise”.
The Tigers will get at least one player in the door after Gold Coast midfielder Dion Prestia requested a trade to Punt Rd, but they might have to get creative to come up with a deal that satisfies Gold Coast without coughing up pick six on draft night.
Ben Griffiths, Shaun Grigg and Shaun Hampson all re-signed late in the season but Jake Batchelor, Andrew Moore and Kane Lambert don’t have new deals.
Ivan Maric has been offered a contract to stay as an on-field coach but is weighing up interest from Collingwood.
And as if Richmond didn’t have enough list management headaches, a new deal to lock away Dustin Martin — who will be a free agent at the end of next season — is high on the priorities list.
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