\n Club confirms departure for veteran midfielder.\n <\/p>\n
The Essendon Football Club has announced that Dylan Shiel has played his last game with the Bombers with the onballer not offered a contract for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n
Shiel announced to the playing group after the round 24 loss to Gold Coast that the match was his last for the club and he won\u2019t be returning in 2026.<\/p>\n
The midfielder joined the Dons ahead of 2019 via a trade signing, featuring in 98 games for the Club over the last seven seasons.<\/p>\n
A former All-Australian with GWS from his 135-game stint there, Shiel immediately became an integral piece for the Bombers upon his switch, finishing runner-up in the Crichton Medal in his first year with the Club.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have mutually agreed with the Essendon Football Club to part ways. I believe the timing is right to explore continuing my career elsewhere if the opportunity arises. If not, I am ready to embrace the next phase of my life,\u201d Shiel said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to express my deep gratitude for my time at Essendon. Although we didn\u2019t reach all the heights we dreamed of, I cherished representing the red and black. I loved putting on the red and black jumper and representing the club and its supporters every weekend and I want to thank all the Essendon supporters who embraced me.<\/p>\n
Essendon is a special club, one that has a presence in the big moments, and I loved being a part of it. I value the lifelong relationships I have formed at Essendon,\u201d Shiel said.<\/p>\n
In red and black, Shiel grew into an important leader for the young group over time thanks to his elite professionalism and work ethic.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn behalf of everyone at the Essendon Football Club, I want to thank Dylan for his service. Dylan’s professionalism has been a great example to his teammates throughout his time at the club,\u201d General Manager of AFL Daniel McPherson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe had a profound impact on Essendon, and his willingness to mentor our younger midfielders has been invaluable. We thank Dylan for his contribution, and he will always be a part of the Essendon family,\u201d McPherson said.<\/p>\n
The Club thanks Shiel for his commitment over the last seven seasons and wishes him and his family the best for the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Club confirms departure for veteran midfielder. The Essendon Football Club has announced that Dylan Shiel has played his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,83,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-101739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-text","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}