said after his side\u2019s semi-final loss to Brisbane<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cJed is going to be one of those players who are going to take us forward into the next stanza.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut what we do know is we are looking to improve our list, but we\u2019ll address that over the coming months.\u201d<\/p>\n
Though the Suns currently hold three 2025 first-round picks \u2014 their own, Port Adelaide\u2019s and Collingwood\u2019s \u2014 they need draft points for academy draftees including Zeke Uwland, Dylan Patterson, Jai Murray, Koby Coulson and Beau Addinsall. <\/p>\n
The looming departure of Sam Flanders could net Gold Coast an extra first rounder as he prepares to meet with Victorian clubs pursuing the utility including Carlton St Kilda, Melbourne, Essendon.<\/p>\n
The Saints are the club that has been linked to Flanders for the longest, but Essendon could be in a position to table the best offer to the 24-year old. <\/p>\n
Scott addresses Geelong controversies | 03:01<\/p>\n
Flanders also has a connection to new Melbourne coach Steven King, who helped spark the former Pick 11\u2019s career when King replaced Stuart Dew as the Suns\u2019 caretaker coach late in the 2023 season. <\/p>\n
Flanders still has two years remaining on his contract.<\/p>\n
Another Sun facing the exit door is Malcolm Rosas as he weighs up where he wants to play in 2026.<\/p>\n
Rosas is still working through his options, with the small forward likely to land at either Sydney or Richmond.<\/p>\n
Melbourne is also still in the mix for Rosas, who got along well with King during his time at the Suns. <\/p>\n
It included Rosas kicking three goals in two separate games under King late in the 2023 season.<\/p>\n
BLUES, DOGS UNLIKELY TO TARGET MAY<\/p>\n
Carlton and the Western Bulldogs are unlikely to pursue Steven May as the veteran Melbourne defender searches for a new home for 2026. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s understood the Blues aren\u2019t expected to show interest in May, who turns 34 in January, as a potential partner for Jacob Weitering to help anchor Michael Voss\u2019 defence.<\/p>\n
That comes despite the departure of Jack Silvagni at Ikon Park and uncertainty around Mitch McGovern\u2019s future as the 30-year old waits on a new deal. <\/p>\n
Carlton has interest in Buku Khamis, but the Bulldogs\u2019 ability to acquire another defender on the market could dictate whether they\u2019re willing to trade the contracted swingman.<\/p>\n
Both Khamis and fellow Dog Liam Jones are keen to explore their options. However the pair are yet to have their exit interviews with the club\u2019s VFL season still going.<\/p>\n
Steven May has been told to look for a new home (Photo by Josh Chadwick\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
The Dogs have made an audacious play for Callum Wilkie with a multimillion-dollar offer including coach Luke Beveridge reaching out to the Saints star.<\/p>\n
If they fail in that pursuit, the Dogs are expected to target Adelaide\u2019s Jordon Butts. But clubs think it would be hard to pry the contracted backman out of the Crows.<\/p>\n
Like Carlton, May isn\u2019t in the Dogs\u2019 plans, despite dual premiership Kangaroo David King suggesting the premiership Demon could be a good addition to bolster Beveridge\u2019s back six.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t mind this type of player. Everyone says he\u2019s a bad egg and he\u2019s this and that. He\u2019s been a high level competitor and performer,\u201d King said of May on SEN.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t mind the fact this guy has been tipped out. He will be angry next year, wherever he plays, if he were to get another opportunity.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe no one takes a risk on him, but you want to make sure you have got better at your disposal than Steven May.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m looking at the Dogs, their back six needs something. I don\u2019t know if they have someone else in mind. I want to see who they can get but May is someone I think could help their back six.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Suns\u2019 reluctance to trade their gun forwards could cast doubt around their ability to land Charlie Curnow.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153452,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102688,2095,64,63,689,684,11295,49775,1129,102686,3451,62862,2105,2485,102689,102687,6179,3470,33330,102685,102690,663,35801,93762,25556,673,2041,2067,677,6082,93778,701,6858,49776,1124,85,1122,8018,86158,670,102691,11236,2614,660,4899,698],"class_list":["post-153451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-academy-draftees","tag-america","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-ben-cotton","tag-ben-king","tag-caretaker-coach","tag-charlie-curnow","tag-defender-searches","tag-dylan-patterson","tag-exit-interviews","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-gold-coast","tag-gold-coast-reluctance","tag-hottest-topics","tag-jack-silvagni","tag-jai-murray","tag-josh-chadwick","tag-level-competitor","tag-looming-departure","tag-luke-beveridge","tag-malcolm-rosas","tag-management-representatives","tag-mitch-mcgovern","tag-new-south-wales","tag-north-america","tag-northern-america","tag-oceania","tag-port-adelaide","tag-pullman-hotel","tag-queensland","tag-richmond","tag-sam-flanders","tag-south-australia","tag-sports","tag-st-kilda","tag-steven-may","tag-stuart-dew","tag-sydney","tag-toby-coulson","tag-trade-news","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-victoria","tag-virginia","tag-western-bulldogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153451","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=153451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}