pursuing Curnow yet are aware of a key \u201cdifficulty\u201d<\/a> in arranging a trade. <\/p>\nSwans list boss Chris Keane on Tuesday told AFL Trade Radio his club was keen to acquire Curnow, but acknowledged \u201cthere are some complexities\u201d in securing a trade due to Curnow\u2019s contract status. He also declared contracted Sydney players like Will Hayward and James Rowbottom wouldn\u2019t be made available in any possible Curnow deal.<\/p>\n
Keane also revealed conversations with the Blues around a Curnow trade had been \u201climited\u201d so far.<\/p>\n
Speaking on Fox Footy\u2019s Trading Day, Fox Sports News reporter David Zita suggested two first-round picks would have to be Sydney\u2019s \u201cstarting point\u201d for Curnow, adding: \u201cIt\u2019s Pick 10 this year \u2013 that\u2019ll get bumped back (due to draft night bids) \u2013 and a future first, which you would imagine could be Pick 14 or 15 next year, depending on how the Swans go.\u201d <\/p>\n
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Asked if two first-rounders for Curnow would satisfy Carlton, Montagna said: \u201cIt\u2019s not far off. Pick 11 and a pick in the teens next year, it\u2019s not too far off the mark.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think Carlton would probably like a player as well \u2013 and I do think Sydney have options they could look at. Ollie Florent has been floated a lot, there\u2019s the Will Hayward discussion and other names as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think this is on Sydney to get this deal done. They desperately need Charlie Curnow to be a premiership threat in the next couple of seasons. That\u2019ll certainly boost their stocks.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think they\u2019ll find a way to get this done. It\u2019ll probably still, I think, have to include a player, but the two first-round picks for me is not far off.\u201d<\/p>\n
Montagna said a third club could get involved to help the Blues acquire a player and that Sydney\u2019s future first-rounder would hold some appeal as it could help Carlton match a bid on highly-rated 2026 father-son draft prospect Cody Walker, who\u2019s already committed to joining the Blues.<\/p>\n
\u201cGenerally what will happen is it\u2019ll involved a third club. This generally doesn\u2019t just work with two clubs,\u201d Montagna said.<\/p>\n
\u201cCarlton still might get a player. It might not just be from the Sydney Swans, it might be from another club.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cody Walker of the Blues Father-Son Academy and Charlie Curnow. Picture: Morgan Hancock\/Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Herald Sun chief football reporter Jay Clark said he could understand why the Blues haven\u2019t been proactive in Curnow trade talks to date.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the Swans would be happy to incorporate Florent in this deal,\u201d Clark told Trading Day. \u201cHe can kick the ball nicely, can finish on the outside and has some decent wheels. Didn\u2019t play his best footy this season.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut Carlton aren\u2019t doing a lot of talking on Curnow\u2019s future. I think Graham Wright and co are sitting on their hands and this is going to be a real deadline deal.<\/p>\n
\u201cStrategically, I don\u2019t think the Blues have a reason to show their hand too early. The emphasis and onus is on Sydney to come with an exciting package.\u201d<\/p>\n
Curnow was hampered by injury and a limited pre-season in 2025, booting 32 goals from 18 games. It was well down on his output over the previous three seasons, which saw him boot 202 goals between 2022 and 2024.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis guy is a star and he would elevate the Sydney Swans, who missed the eight this year, into premiership calculations with everyone fit and healthy,\u201d Montagna said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt then allows guys like (Joel) Amartey and (Hayden) McLean to be second or third options \u2013 which they really should be in many forward lines.<\/p>\n
\u201cCarlton can sit back and wait and say \u2018give us your best offer\u2019 and leave it as late as possible to make sure the Swans stump up.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If Charlie Curnow\u2019s trade wish to leave Carlton is granted, it looms as a genuine deadline day deal,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196208,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[110607,64,63,689,3423,123488,3239,61721,100140,123143,19120,1653,10133,86123,8011,123487,100207,123489,42259,653,123492,2105,9130,25532,107015,19125,3465,647,7198,677,49673,36661,123491,85,1122,123490,7200,11236,1133,57548,97812,660],"class_list":["post-196207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-andrew-mackie","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-ben-waterworth","tag-blues-father-son-academy","tag-carlton-blues","tag-charlie-curnow-sydney-swans","tag-chief-football-reporter","tag-chris-keane","tag-christian-petracca","tag-cody-walker","tag-collingwood-magpies","tag-contract-status","tag-david-zita","tag-deadline-day-deal","tag-deal-done","tag-father-son-draft-prospect","tag-first-round-picks","tag-fox-sports-news","tag-genuine-deadline-day","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-gold-coast-suns","tag-graham-wright","tag-james-rowbottom","tag-jay-clark","tag-leigh-montagna","tag-melbourne","tag-michael-willson","tag-oceania","tag-ollie-florent","tag-premiership-calculations","tag-real-deadline-deal","tag-sports","tag-st-kilda","tag-swans-list-boss","tag-sydney-swans","tag-trade-news","tag-trade-period","tag-trade-target","tag-trade-window","tag-victoria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196207","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=196207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}