{"id":195465,"date":"2025-10-07T13:47:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T13:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/195465\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T13:47:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T13:47:11","slug":"sydney-swans-list-boss-chris-keane-concedes-big-difficulty-in-charlie-curnow-chase-who-will-swans-trade-away-carlton-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/195465\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney Swans list boss Chris Keane concedes big difficulty in Charlie Curnow chase, who will Swans trade away, Carlton Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Swans have conceded a key \u201cdifficulty\u201d in arranging a trade for Charlie Curnow but have confirmed they will continue their pursuit. <\/p>\n

The dual Coleman medallist remains one of the biggest names in this October\u2019s exchange window amid a desire to leave Carlton, but given his contract status and value, a deal will be hard to come by. <\/p>\n

The Swans\u2019 head of list strategy, Chris Keane, admitted conversations with the Blues had been \u201climited\u201d to this point \u2014 with the trade period only opening on Monday \u2014 but confirmed the club\u2019s keenness to add the spearhead goalkicker. <\/p>\n

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\u201cWe do have an interest in bringing Charlie into the footy club, but we acknowledge that he\u2019s contracted and there are some complexities that lie within that,\u201d Keane told AFL Trade Radio on Tuesday morning. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got a bit to work through, and we\u2019ll use the next week or so to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

A change of scenery is part of what appeals to Curnow, who\u2019s contracted through 2029, with the Swans\u2019 list in a position to contend. <\/p>\n

But Keane and Sydney aren\u2019t shying away from the fact that figuring out the trade puzzle pieces will be laborious, as the club doesn\u2019t have players who currently want out. <\/p>\n

\u201cGiven his contracted status and any combination of options from a trade point of view \u2014 if we talk players, well, a lot of our players are contracted and happy in Sydney,\u201d Keane said. <\/p>\n

\u201cSo that makes it difficult at times to navigate. But, at the same time, our view is we\u2019ll put forward some options that we think make sense for both parties.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re pretty pragmatic about that, and at the end of the day, it\u2019s probably up to Carlton to determine if it\u2019s good enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Keane was asked specifically whether the Swans would be happy overpaying slightly for the 28-year-old, who kicked an average of 67 goals per season between 2022-24. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe understand that (adding Curnow could be the catalyst to a finals return), but at the same time, we need to also do what\u2019s best for our footy club,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut we also understand that we have to provide something that satisfies them as well. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe understand that we\u2019ve got to come to the party, but we also need it to be mutually beneficial for both parties for it to go through.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked about the futures of contracted players Will Hayward and James Rowbottom, Keane was categorical in saying they wouldn\u2019t be made available. <\/p>\n

It comes as he added the Swans were \u201ccaught off guard\u201d by Jack Buller\u2019s trade request, with the former midseason draftee set to depart for Collingwood after just 10 games at AFL level across two and a half years. <\/p>\n

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Sydney regressed this year, winning just 12 games and finishing 10th on the ladder after making a grand final appearance in 2024 \u2014 and after curiously making no trade or free agency moves last offseason, former St Kilda dual All-Australian Leigh Montagna says the time is now to go \u201cchips-in\u201d. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s obvious, if they\u2019re not improving their list dramatically, they\u2019re going backwards, the way the competition is, from what we\u2019re seeing at the moment,\u201d Montagna told the Fox Footy Podcast on Monday night<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think they have to go chips-in to try and get Charlie Curnow. If they pay overs, so be it, but while they\u2019ve got Heeney, Gulden, Warner \u2026 they need to go and try and get him, and I think they\u2019re in the window.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Swans have conceded a key \u201cdifficulty\u201d in arranging a trade for Charlie Curnow but have confirmed they…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[63,689,55,3239,1129,123143,10133,86123,667,32923,43,12186,3231,12112,107015,12098,3465,29963,123140,123144,673,44,677,123141,1122,670,7200,41,39,42,40,11236,1133,123142,122188,660],"class_list":["post-195465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-football-league","tag-carlton-blues","tag-charlie-curnow","tag-chris-keane","tag-collingwood-magpies","tag-contract-status","tag-footy-club","tag-grand-final-appearance","tag-headlines","tag-jack-buller","tag-jack-jovanovski","tag-jack-steele","tag-james-rowbottom","tag-josh-dunkley","tag-leigh-montagna","tag-list-boss","tag-list-reality-hits","tag-list-strategy","tag-new-south-wales","tag-news","tag-oceania","tag-reality-hits-contender","tag-st-kilda","tag-sydney","tag-sydney-swans","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-trade-news","tag-trade-period","tag-trade-point","tag-trade-stalemate","tag-victoria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195465","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=195465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}