{"id":252321,"date":"2025-10-31T03:33:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T03:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/252321\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T03:33:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T03:33:07","slug":"will-hayward-and-ollie-florent-left-hurt-by-brutal-conversation-with-sydney-before-carlton-trades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/252321\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Hayward and Ollie Florent left hurt by brutal conversation with Sydney before Carlton trades"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carlton recruits Ollie Florent and Will Hayward believe their exits from Sydney could have been better handled.<\/p>\n

Florent and Hayward were both traded to the Blues despite have long-term contracts with the Swans.<\/p>\n

“It was definitely tough,” Florent told afl.com.au.<\/p>\n

“They [Sydney] pretty much just said, ‘We want you out. We want you gone.'”<\/p>\n

Hayward, who like Florent played 184 AFL games for the Swans, said he had just two phone calls from Sydney coach Dean Cox during the trade period.<\/p>\n

“Those phone calls made it pretty easy to want to join Carlton,” he said.<\/p>\n

“It probably could’ve been handled better.<\/p>\n

“That club is full of great people, it’s probably just a little slip-up with how it was handled.”<\/p>\n

Florent was traded to Carlton for a future third-round draft pick, and Hayward was part of a trade deal that sealed ex-Blues forward Charlie Curnow’s move north to Sydney.<\/p>\n

The Swans gave the Blues pick 11, first-round draft picks in 2026 and 2027, plus Hayward.<\/p>\n

In return, Sydney received Curnow, picks 31 and 42, plus a 2027 second-round draft selection in return.<\/p>\n

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While both Hayward and Florent expressed misgivings about the trade process, both said they held no ill-will against the Swans.<\/p>\n

Hayward almost joined the Blues at the end of the 2024 season but opted to sign a four-year contract extension to remain at Sydney.<\/p>\n

“I was really close to coming here [Carlton] last year,” Hayward said.<\/p>\n

“I had some really good chats with Vossy [Blues coach Michael Voss] and the team.<\/p>\n

“After Sydney got to where they needed to get to [with a new contract offer], I remember texting [recruiting manager] Mick Agresta and saying: ‘If shit ever hits the fan, this is the only other club I’d consider playing for’.<\/p>\n

“Well, shit hit the fan \u2014 and here we are.”<\/p>\n

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