{"id":10921,"date":"2025-07-21T13:08:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T13:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/10921\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T13:08:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T13:08:08","slug":"harley-reid-20-million-11-year-west-coast-contract-offer-details-essendon-ruled-out-joe-daniher-melbourne-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/10921\/","title":{"rendered":"Harley Reid $20 million 11-year West Coast contract offer details, Essendon ruled out, Joe Daniher Melbourne bid"},"content":{"rendered":"

Further details have emerged around a Harley Reid contract counter-offer to the Eagles, yet rivals continue to circle.<\/p>\n

Plus another club has tried to bring Joe Daniher out of retirement.<\/p>\n

Get the latest player movement news and updates in AFL Trade Whispers!<\/p>\n

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\u2018THIS IS GROUNDBREAKING\u2019: FRESH DETAILS OF \u2018MAMMOTH\u2019 REID EAGLES COUNTER-OFFER AS RIVALS STILL CIRCLE<\/p>\n

Further details have emerged on the counter-offers put forward by Harley Reid\u2019s management to West Coast, yet Victorian clubs continue to circle.<\/p>\n

And the Reid family, according to veteran reporter Caroline Wilson, have \u201cmade it clear they do not want to go to a struggling club\u201d if the star No. 1 pick returned to Victoria.<\/p>\n

Reid, who\u2019s tied to the Eagles until the end of 2026, has had contract offers from West Coast on the table since April. But Channel 7 reporter Ryan Daniels reported over the weekend that Reid\u2019s management had approached the Eagles with their own contract extension propositions<\/a> \u2013 in perhaps the best sign yet Reid\u2019s future could be in Perth.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Channel 9\u2019s Footy Classified on Monday night, senior AFL Media reporter Cal Twomey elaborated on the \u201ccounter offers\u201d presented to the Eagles<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hitting crunch time in the contract decision of Harley Reid at the West Coast Eagles,\u201d Twomey told Footy Classified.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe\u2019s had contract offers in front of him since April that have come from the Eagles. But in recent weeks, his management have sent counter offers to the Eagles \u2013 and a part of that we can detail tonight include a mammoth offer that would be a two-year extension, plus an extension on top of that of another nine years. So an 11-year arrangement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is groundbreaking, really, in terms of what it would mean for West Coast Eagles and Harley Reid as one of the options. We\u2019ve seen this in recent times with the contract of Miles Bergman, who signed a two-year deal and then has an understanding with Port Adelaide that he can sign an extra seven years beyond that. So it\u2019s not unprecedented.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it would be the biggest deal in AFL history by some way and it would take him through to the end of 2037 \u2013 which is remarkable to think about \u2013 if he was to pursue that all the way through.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is enormous in terms of the $20 million-plus that would be on the table.\u201d<\/p>\n

Twomey, however, said the situation \u201chasn\u2019t really moved from recent weeks\u201d, meaning clubs hopeful of luring him home to Victoria were still highly active.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Eagles are still weighing this up and going through their own negotiation process \u2013 and clubs are continuing to hunt him in Victoria,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Harley Reid of the Eagles. Picture: Janelle St Pierre\/AFL Photos\/via Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Hawthorn are near-on obsessed with Harley Reid in getting him to the club. They want him badly, are willing to go to eight to 10 years at $1.7 million, $1.8 million to get him across the line.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking on Channel 7\u2019s Agenda Setters, Wilson reported the Reid camp were only keen on a few Victorian-based clubs, should the star midfielder wish to leave WA.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe player and his family have made it clear they do not want to go to a struggling club,\u201d Wilson told Agenda Setters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve got no interest in St Kilda, they\u2019ve got no interest in Melbourne. I\u2019m not sure if they\u2019ve got much interest in Essendon at the moment, but Essendon have no interest in that sort of money.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey (the Bombers) think that Hawthorn is right in there \u2013 and Hawthorn say there have been no meaningful talks \u2013 others say that Richmond and Melbourne are having a crack.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think West Coast also said to the management \u2018we\u2019re not interested in that sort of money\u2019 \u2026 but what has happened in the last 24 hours is that I think West Coast have come back to the table \u2013 and we\u2019re talking significantly more than $1.5 million a year.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Eagles coach Andrew McQualter on Monday night stressed Reid was \u201csuper invested\u201d and \u201cworking really hard\u201d at the Eagles.<\/p>\n

Asked if he was pushing for Reid to sign the deal as soon as possible, McQualter cheekily told 7News Perth: \u201cI\u2019ve got a pen in my pocket, I\u2019m heading over right after this.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018SEEN AS A LONG SHOT\u2019: LATEST \u2018AMBITIOUS PITCH\u2019 TO DANIHER<\/p>\n

Melbourne has made a left-field play to try and lure premiership Lion Joe Daniher out of retirement, according to 7News reporter Mitch Cleary.<\/p>\n

Daniher retired at the end of last year, calling it quits on an illustrious AFL career after tasting success with the Lions by winning the 2024 premiership.<\/p>\n

Reports earlier this month suggested clubs were inquiring as to whether Daniher would make a retirement backflip<\/a>, with Sydney linked to him.<\/p>\n

Speaking on 7News Melbourne on Monday night, Cleary reported that Melbourne was the latest club to make \u201can ambitious pitch\u201d to Daniher.<\/p>\n

Premiership Lion Joe Daniher. Picture: Russell Freeman\/AFL Photos via Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cMelbourne and coach Simon Goodwin are attempting to convince Joe Daniher to make a return to the AFL less than 12 months after he called it quits,\u201d Cleary told 7News Melbourne.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 31-year-old has spent recent months in Europe and now lives in northern New South Wales, but it hasn\u2019t stopped Goodwin and the Dees making a pitch.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoodwin was an assistant coach at the Bombers with Daniher for two years, while Dees forward Jake Melksham previously called Daniher a teammate.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is seen as a long shot, however it does highlight just how keen the Demons are to bolster their key forward stocks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Daniher won six club goalkicking awards throughout his career and was named All-Australian and Essendon\u2019s best and fairest in 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Further details have emerged around a Harley Reid contract counter-offer to the Eagles, yet rivals continue to circle.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,12930,2095,8406,64,63,689,55,639,12933,3423,1135,12928,12923,12932,12934,12924,12925,12929,12927,2105,6278,12092,9017,12935,681,12926,3257,12919,12937,12921,673,2041,2067,677,46,3252,12922,6082,12917,6858,6282,12918,12936,8014,1124,85,1122,12931,1117,11236,1133,3254,12920,2614,660,4899,7067,3439],"class_list":["post-10921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-ambitious-pitch","tag-america","tag-andrew-mcqualter","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-backflip-bid","tag-ben-waterworth","tag-cal-twomey","tag-caroline-wilson","tag-chris-scott","tag-contract-counter-offer","tag-contract-decision","tag-contract-extension-propositions","tag-counter-offers","tag-destination-club","tag-fresh-details","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-greg-swann","tag-jake-melksham","tag-janelle-st-pierre","tag-joe-daniher","tag-jon-ralph","tag-meaning-clubs-hopeful","tag-michael-voss","tag-miles-bergman","tag-mitch-cleary","tag-negotiation-process","tag-new-south-wales","tag-north-america","tag-northern-america","tag-oceania","tag-perth","tag-player-movement","tag-player-movement-news","tag-port-adelaide","tag-premiership-lion-joe","tag-richmond","tag-russell-freeman","tag-ryan-daniels","tag-sam-mitchell","tag-simon-goodwin","tag-south-australia","tag-sports","tag-st-kilda","tag-struggling-club","tag-tom-de-koning","tag-trade-news","tag-trade-period","tag-trade-saga","tag-trade-whispers","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-victoria","tag-virginia","tag-west-coast-eagles","tag-western-australia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10921","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=10921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}