‘Blood will be flowing’: McGuire fumes as Richmond target Pies defenderJoey Riordan
7 News
Tuesday, 18 February 2020 12:00 pmThe Tigers are targeting out-of-contract Collingwood defender Darcy Moore to replace the retired Alex Rance and Eddie McGuire isn’t happy about it.
7NEWS AFL reporter Tom Browne reported Richmond’s interest on Tuesday morning, saying 24-year-old Moore is the Tigers’ top target following the unexpected retirement of five-time All-Australian Rance.
“Richmond’s main target to replace Alex Rance is out of contract Pies star defender Darcy Moore,” Browne wrote on Twitter.
“There are good ongoing discussions at Collingwood. Where Moore is still likely to stay.
“My understanding is the Tigers have or will make a substantial indicative offer as part of negotiations.”
Browne later disclosed that the Tigers could offer Moore “around $750-$800k” per season due to Rance’s retirement, which freed up $1.4 million in the club’s salary cap for the 2020 and 2021 seasons.
While the potential move was music to the ears of Richmond fans, their Collingwood counterparts weren’t so happy about it.
Collingwood president Eddie McGuire took the news particularly poorly as Tom Browne discussed the potential move on Triple M.
“Darcy’s out of contract, my understanding is Richmond is keen on Darcy Moore, (Tigers coach) Damien Hardwick is very keen to coach him,” Browne said on Triple M.
“You can’t say that a club has made an offer at this time of the year, but I think he’s the man that Richmond have earmarked to take over from Alex Rance long-term as their key defender if they can get their hands on him.”
McGuire sounded rattled by the news.
“That’d go down well,” Eddie McGuire said sarcastically.
“Blood will be flowing down Punt Road & Hoddle Street again.”
However McGuire may not have too much to worry about in the end, with Browne declaring the star Pies defender is happy at the club and likely to re-sign.
“He’s very happy at Collingwood, I’m sure there’s a high likelihood he’ll re-sign at Collingwood,” Browne said.
Moore’s manager weighs inDarcy Moore’s manager Liam Pickering has told SEN that Collingwood “had a bit of work to do” to keep the defender at the club.
“We caught up again the other week, but we’ve still got a bit of work do,” Pickering said.
“We’re negotiating, which means it’s no way near over the line.”
Pickering was also asked if he’d spoken to Richmond about Moore moving to Punt Road.
“No, I haven’t,” he replied.
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