{"id":176950,"date":"2025-09-29T06:42:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T06:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/176950\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T06:42:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T06:42:14","slug":"melbourne-superstar-to-meet-with-rival-afl-trade-news-afl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/176950\/","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne superstar to meet with rival: AFL trade news &#8211; AFL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/introducing-myteam-your-club-your-news-your-way-166070\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"327\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" style=\"float:right;\" class=\"my-team-banner promo-article-banner\" id=\"my-team-banner\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ZH-InArticleMyTeamLink.png.webp.webp\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Melbourne&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/players\/christian-petracca\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christian Petracca<\/a> has flown to Adelaide to meet with the Crows as he weighs up his future in the red and blue.<\/p>\n<p>For the second successive off-season, Petracca is assessing his options amid interest from a queue of rival clubs.<\/p>\n<p>Following strong plays from Melbourne sides in 2024, interstate clubs are now of the belief that the four-time All-Australian is open to a fresh start away from Victoria.<\/p>\n<p>Both Gold Coast and Adelaide have been heavily linked to the 29-year-old, with the latter now set to meet with Petracca ahead of the trade period opening next Monday.<\/p>\n<p>According to 9 News&#8217; Tom Morris, Petracca and the Crows will discuss a potential deal that will rely on the superstar Demon requesting a trade to West Lakes.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Christian Petracca is in Adelaide today. He will meet with the Crows as he weighs up a trade request. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FootyonNine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@FootyonNine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/9NewsMelb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@9NewsMelb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1116sen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@1116sen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/traderadio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@traderadio<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Morris (@tommorris32) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tommorris32\/status\/1972523195560513649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">September 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Petracca is contracted to Melbourne until the end of 2029 but is believed to have a greater chance of leaving the club this year compared to the stance the Demons took in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>While Petracca didn&#8217;t lodge a trade request last year, he is understood to have expressed his frustrations with the club and showed some interest in joining a big Victorian club.<\/p>\n<p>Petracca played 23 games for the Demons in 2025, averaging 25.48 disposals, 5.17 inside 50s and 4.39 clearances per game to finish second in the club&#8217;s best and fairest count.<\/p>\n<p>Adelaide would likely need to part with a first-round draft pick at the very least to attain Petracca, with the Crows&#8217; draft hand having Picks 14, 41, 48, 50, 66, 68.<\/p>\n<p>From the 2025 trade period, clubs can exchange future selections for the following two years.<\/p>\n<p>The trade window will open on Monday, October 6, and will run until Wednesday, October 15.<\/p>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Melbourne&#8217;s Christian Petracca has flown to Adelaide to meet with the Crows as he weighs up his future&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":176951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-176950","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176950","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=176950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}