Rumour going round Elijah Tsatas may request a trade to Richmond come seasons end
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COULD A TOP FIVE DRAFT PICK BE SQUEEZED OUT AT TULLAMARINE?After less than a dozen games at the top level since his drafting two years ago, young midfielder Elijah Tsatas could be probed into looking elsewhere for opportunity.
Tsatas, who was taken with Essendon’s Pick 5 in the 2022 Draft, has played seven games so far this year, however, five of them have been as the sub.
Additionally, only three games this season has the 19-year-old played more than 40 per cent game time (and four more than 20 per cent) – meaning the writing could already be on the wall given the impact of the likes of Sam Durham and Jye Caldwell in the engine room lately.
“He’s played 11 games over the last two years … how is he going to come in? Is Essendon a great fit for him at the moment? I don’t think it is,” Herald Sun journalist Jay Clark said on Fox Footy’s Midweek Tackle.
“Caldwell has gone through the roof, Sam Durham (has) become an A-grade midfielder himself, Hobbs still to come in, Parish, Merrett – I don’t think they need Tsatas anymore.”
“That’s a huge story for me - a number five draft pick, it was him or (Mattaes) Phillipou at the draft … to punt him after two, three years I think that would be a massive decision,” fellow Herald Sun journalist Sam Landsberger added.
With plenty of attributes that catch the eye of rival clubs, one team in particular took the fancy of Clark as a suitor.
“Keep an eye on Richmond here; if Richmond lose Daniel Rioli … I just wonder whether Richmond could be interested.”
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