"Dustin Martin not worth $1 million" - Cam MooneyThe 25-year-old is off contract at the Tigers at the end of 2017 and is expected to test the open market.
He finished third in the 2016 Brownlow count and won Richmond’s best and fairest but Mooney says that does not equate to a seven-figure pay packet.
“He’s not a million dollar player. I still think there’s baggage that goes with him. Whether it’s right or wrong, people just speculate there’s baggage going with him,” Mooney told SEN.
“But in saying that, he’s a $700,000-plus player … He’s a super player.
“I’m sure he’d love to stay as a Richmond person, he’s been there since day dot, they’ve looked after him, they’ve helped him along the way. But as a player, like anything and like workplace, you want to get what you can.
“He’s just going to push it as far as he can and hopefully from a Richmond point of view he’d stay there and sign.”
Mooney said a poor season by the Tigers could lead Martin to seriously entertain moving clubs after seven years at Richmond.
“If they have a horrible, horrible year, any player starts looking elsewhere when they’re out of contract, particularly if really strong clubs come to them and say ‘this is what we can offer you, this is our list, this is where we want you in the next three, four or five years’ … when you’ve got those clubs in your ear and your club’s going really poor, it’s hard not to listen and take those options,” Mooney said.
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