It was a quieter fourth day of the trade period, with two deals officially filed at AFL House on Thursday after a hectic Wednesday. <\/p>\n
Scroll down to see the latest AFL trade news from day four of the exchange period.<\/p>\n
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For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n 5.00PM \u2014 SAINT OFFICIALLY LANDS AT DEMONS<\/p>\n Another trade involving the Saints!<\/p>\n AFL Media<\/a> reporter Josh Gabelich initially reported<\/a> on X that St Kilda had traded ruck Max Heath to Melbourne, with AFL House confirming the move not long after.<\/p>\n Heath joins the Demons in exchange for a 2027 fourth round pick.<\/p>\n Heath played four games in four-and-a-half seasons for the Saints – and all came in 2025 – after being taken with Pick 7 in the 2021 mid-season draft.<\/p>\n 3.15PM \u2014 SAINTS LAND RYAN FROM WEST COAST AS FUTURE PICKS SWAP HANDS<\/p>\n The Saints have landed Liam Ryan in a trade with West Coast. <\/p>\n St Kilda brings in Ryan and the Eagles\u2019 2027 third-round pick in exchange for the Saints\u2019 2026 second-rounder. The trade was confirmed at AFL House just after 5pm. <\/p>\n It marks the first time a draft pick has been traded two years in advance in a landmark move after the added flexibility was brought in this year.<\/p>\n The 29-year old high-flyer departs West Coast after 125 games including the 2018 premiership.<\/p>\n St Kilda has now landed Ryan, Tom De Koning, Jack Silvagni and Sam Flanders but pulled out of its pursuit of Leek Aleer in a stunning move.<\/p>\n 2.30PM \u2014 SHOCK AS SAINTS PULL OUT OF ALEER PURSUIT <\/p>\n St Kilda has reportedly pulled out of its pursuit for Leek Aleer. <\/p>\n AFL Media\u2019s Callum Twomey reports the Saints, after pursing Aleer for several months and the defender requesting a trade to the club, will no longer pursue the defender. <\/p>\n The Giants and Saints had already began negotiations on a deal. <\/p>\n 1.45PM \u2014 BAZ\u2019S CHEEKY INSTA PLAY IN MORE CURNOW NOISE<\/p>\n Geelong star Bailey Smith has cheekily added fuel to the Charlie Curnow trade fire, right as it seemed like Sydney was in the box seat. <\/p>\n The Swans are seen as frontrunners given their greater trade collateral, despite previous reports indicating Kardinia Park was his destination of choice. <\/p>\n Smith, who is business partners with the Geelong Falcons product off the field, posted a photo of Curnow and some footies to his Instagram story on Thursday \u2014 with the pair clearly training together. He tagged Curnow in the post. <\/p>\n It\u2019ll do nothing to quell speculation that a Curnow-Cats move is still on, and it comes after a since-deleted post by Smith during the Cats\u2019 Mad Monday celebrations last week, captioned \u201cwe\u2019re taking the chopper in next year @charliecurnow\u201d.<\/p>\n It comes as AFL Media\u2019s Riley Beveridge expressed his belief on Thursday that a Curnow deal would eventually get done. <\/p>\n \u201cHaving been 50-50 on Monday, I am now confident a deal will get done,\u201d he told AFL Trade Radio<\/a> of the chances of Curnow departing Carlton. <\/p>\n Bailey Smith trains with Geelong trade target Charlie Curnow. (via Bailey Smith on Instagram.)Source: Supplied<\/p>\n 1PM \u2013 DEES LIST BOSS ADDRESSES BIG TRADE NAMES<\/p>\n Melbourne list manager Tim Lamb has been asked about several trade storylines relating to the Demons.<\/p>\n On Christian Petracca\u2019s desire to get to Gold Coast, Lamb stressed to AFL Trade Radio the two clubs had only had \u201cpreliminary discussions\u201d around what a deal could look like.<\/p>\n But Lamb said the Demons, like other Victorian-based clubs, were well aware of the Suns\u2019 reluctance to trade top-10 draftee Bailey Humphrey.<\/p>\n \u201cI think in these situations you need to be really respectful in that Gold Coast have made their position clear publicly on a number of occasions that Bailey Humphrey is not on the trade table,\u201d Lamb told AFL Trade Radio. \u201cSo you\u2019ve got to respect that, that\u2019s where they sit and that\u2019s their position.\u201c <\/p>\n Lamb said midfielder Clayton Oliver hadn\u2019t let the Demons know where he\u2019d like to play footy next season, but added: \u201cFrom the media speculation, it appears like he\u2019s going to want to potentially go to the Giants. But we haven\u2019t spoken to the Giants, we haven\u2019t spoken to Clayton and a deal still needs to be worked out.\u201d<\/p>\n Lamb said he also expected premiership defender Steven May to still be at the Demons next year, while he was hopeful Brody Mihocek would join the club as a free agent \u2013 although Melbourne and Collingwood are in discussions around whether the move should be done via a trade.<\/p>\n 12.25PM \u2014 \u2018LOT OF WORK\u2019 LEFT FOR HAWKS TO LAND MERRETT<\/p>\n Hawthorn football boss Rob McCartney has remained tight-lipped over his club\u2019s prospects of landing Zach Merrett and\/or Bailey Humphrey this trade period.<\/p>\n The Hawks have been active in their pursuit of Merrett, despite the Bombers captain\u2019s contract status and Essendon\u2019s unwillingness to trade him.<\/p>\n Speaking on AFL Trade Radio on Thursday morning, McCartney wouldn\u2019t detail if he\u2019d had conversations with the Bombers about a potential Merrett deal.<\/p>\n Asked if he was confident Merrett would be a Hawk by the end of the trade period, McCartney said: \u201cIt\u2019s a difficult one to answer. Obviously there\u2019s a lot of work that still needs to be done at present for that to take place.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve made no secret, though, We want to get better as a football club. We performed really well this year and got to a prelim final. But Hawthorn is a club that\u2019s built on premierships and players of the calibre of Zach would help us get a little bit closer. That\u2019s why our interest lies there.\u201d<\/p>\n Like Merrett, Humphrey is contracted to Gold Coast, which has no intention of trading out their 2022 top-10 draftee.<\/p>\n McCartney confirmed the Hawks had interest in Humphrey, but acknowledged it\u2019d be difficult to strike a deal.<\/p>\n \u201cJust recently it came out that a number of clubs had interest in Bailey,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve said right from the start the area of our list build we think we need to do a little bit of work in is in that midfield-forward space. It\u2019s not unusual that it\u2019s come about he\u2019s become a player that, again, could possibly make us better. We joined the line of a few that had interest in him.<\/p>\n \u201cI did listen to (Suns list boss) Craig Cameron this morning. He\u2019s been a little bit like Essendon in that the messaging is he\u2019s a required player.\u201d<\/p>\n 11.15AM \u2014 FRINGE PORT RUCK \u2018OPEN TO ANY VIC CLUB\u2019<\/p>\n Port Adelaide\u2019s Ivan Soldo is again keen on a trade, according to 9News chief football reporter Tom Morris.<\/p>\n After being traded from Richmond to the Power after the 2023 season, Soldo 12 months ago was keen to leave the Power after playing eight games in his first season at Alberton \u2014 yet couldn\u2019t find a home.<\/p>\n After just one AFL game in 2025, Soldo is again on the hunt for a new club, per Morris.<\/p>\n \u201cVictorian clubs looking for ruck depth believe Ivan Soldo is again a trade option this year,\u201d Morris wrote on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cSoldo has one year remaining on his deal at Port and was largely injury free throughout 2025. <\/p>\n \u201cThe ruck was keen to get to @stkildafc in 2024, it didn\u2019t work out, but he\u2019s open to any Vic club now.\u201d<\/p>\n Morris said the likes of Essendon, Carlton, Geelong, Melbourne and St Kilda would be Victorian clubs possibly looking for ruck depth, depending on how the Rowan Marshall trade plays out.<\/p>\n A 2019 premiership Tiger, Soldo has played 66 AFL games in 11 seasons.<\/p>\n 10:45AM \u2014 BLUES A STEP CLOSER TO LANDING EAGLE<\/p>\n Carlton is getting closer to landing Campbell Chesser from West Coast, with \u201cprogress on a deal\u201d, according to AFL Media\u2019s Cal Twomey.<\/p>\n Carlton\u2019s Pick 41 could be part of a deal that sends the former Sandringham Dragons product back to Victoria.<\/p>\n Chesser has played 36 games at the Eagles but has struggled for continuity throughout his career due to injury issues.<\/p>\n As a result, he\u2019s been unable to lock down a permanent spot in Andrew McQualter\u2019s side, but the highly touted junior has plenty of untapped potential which could be brought to the surface in a fresh environment.<\/p>\n Mcvee a docker, Starcevich an Eagle | 00:32<\/p>\n 9.50AM \u2014 BLUNT REALITY FOR HUMPHREY AMID MEGA SUNS UPDATE<\/p>\n Gold Coast list boss Craig Cameron has reiterated his club\u2019s firm stance that Bailey Humphrey won\u2019t be traded.<\/p>\n Cameron also revealed he\u2019d had \u201cpreliminary discussions\u201d with Melbourne over a Christian Petracca trade and that Bulldog Jamarra Ugle-Hagan would undergo a medical at the Suns on Thursday<\/a>.<\/p>\n Cameron insisted \u201cno one has rung us\u201d about Jed Walter and that Jake Rogers wasn\u2019t for trade. But he said the club was \u201ccomfortable\u201d for Ben Ainsworth to either consider his options or remain at the club after having \u201copen dialogue\u201d with his management, who\u2019d indicated to the Suns that Carlton had interest.<\/p>\n Asked if either Humphrey or his management had indicated the explosive forward wanted to be traded, Cameron told AFL Trade Radio: \u201cNot in so many words, but we\u2019re not na\u00efve enough to think there\u2019s a number of clubs (interested) and that\u2019s not on your mind.<\/p>\n \u201cThe eyebrow-raising side of things, I\u2019ll leave for you guys to comment on, but as I said on Monday I find it a head-scratcher..<\/p>\n \u201cBut we\u2019re really clear: We\u2019re not trading Bailey Humphrey. It\u2019s just not something we\u2019re going to entertain.<\/p>\n Asked if Humphrey had been \u201cpoorly advised\u201d by his camp across recent weeks, Cameron said: \u201cI don\u2019t know what he\u2019s been told directly, so whether he\u2019s been poorly advised I\u2019ll leave it to what you guys see and think of that.<\/p>\n \u201cI would prefer that this hasn\u2019t played out the way it\u2019s played out so publicly, absolutely \u2013 and not just I, but the whole club. It\u2019s unusual. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve seen it before. I\u2019ve been around for a while and I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve seen anything like this play out the way it has, so it\u2019s been disappointing.\u201d 8AM – SUN\u2019S CHEEKY INSTAGRAM POST RAISES EYEBROWS<\/p>\n Bailey Humphrey\u2019s name continues to be discussed this trade period, despite Gold Coast\u2019s firm stance he will not be traded under any circumstance.<\/p>\n But his activity on social media has done little to quell those talks, posting a series of photos on Instagram yesterday with John Denver\u2019s \u2018Country Roads\u2019 as a backing sound track.<\/p>\n The Gippsland product has reportedly met with several rival clubs in recent times as he weighs up his footy future, despite being contracted at the Suns until the end of 2028.<\/p>\n Humphrey captioned the post \u2018I\u2019M FROM MOE\u2019, Moe being the country Victorian town where he hails from, but also a line from an interview from The Footy Show\u2019s Street Talk.<\/p>\n The Suns have been one of the busiest clubs already this trade period, striking deals that have seen Sam Flanders land at St Kilda and Malcolm Rosas Jnr at Sydney.<\/p>\n Christian Petracca is their main target this trade period, while Jamarra Ugle-Hagan also looks likely to be thrown a lifeline to continue his AFL career.<\/p>\n Alongside Humphrey, Ben Ainsworth, Brayden Fiorini and Connor Budarick are other names who could be on the move. <\/p>\n 6AM – TIGERS WEIGH UP TRADE-DOWN AS DEFENDER DEAL COULD CLINCH FATHER-SON PROSPECT<\/p>\n Richmond has spoken with Essendon about moving down the draft order as a looming deal with West Coast could hand the club enough points to land a father-son prospect.<\/p>\n Tigers defender Tylar Young will head to the Eagles on a three-year deal with the two clubs moving closer to completing a trade.<\/p>\n
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