{"id":195804,"date":"2025-10-07T17:38:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T17:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/195804\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T17:38:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T17:38:08","slug":"sydney-deny-stars-will-be-used-in-any-charlie-curnow-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/195804\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney deny stars will be used in any Charlie Curnow trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/afl\/sydney-swans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney<\/a> have moved quickly to quash growing rumours that key players James Rowbottom and Will Hayward could be part of a trade package to lure Carlton superstar Charlie Curnow.<\/p>\n<p>The chatter intensified in recent days as the Swans reportedly explored options to bring the Coleman Medallist north, but list boss Chris Keane has made it clear that both Rowbottom and Hayward are staying put.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWill Hayward is contracted for four more years, and he will see out that contract. There is not much in those rumours to be honest,\u201d Keane told AFL Trade Radio.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have had no indication about James Rowbottom wanting to leave. Contracted for three more years, we expect him to be here for that period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/afl\/news\/jamarra-ugle-hagan-gold-coast-western-bulldogs-budarick\/1a8db1d3befefa1fcafcff6d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">How Jamarra Ugle-Hagan could be traded to Gold Coast<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Swans committed to core group amid trade manoeuvres<\/p>\n<p>Rowbottom, who captained the side temporarily during Callum Mills\u2019 injury layoff and led the AFL in tackles this year, had become the unlikely subject of trade whispers as part of Sydney\u2019s bold pursuit of Curnow.<\/p>\n<p>Keane, however, reiterated the club\u2019s confidence in its core players while acknowledging the uncertainty of trade season. \u201cA lot of our players are contracted and happy in Sydney,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the same time, our view is we\u2019ll put forward some options that we think make sense for both parties. At the end of the day, it\u2019s up to Carlton to determine if it\u2019s good enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that any potential move for Curnow must be \u201cmutually beneficial,\u201d signalling that Sydney won\u2019t sacrifice its key personnel to make the blockbuster trade happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sydney have moved quickly to quash growing rumours that key players James Rowbottom and Will Hayward could be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195805,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-195804","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\/195804","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=195804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}