{"id":33317,"date":"2025-07-30T20:49:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T20:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/33317\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T20:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T20:49:10","slug":"nasiah-wanganeen-milera-contract-deep-dive-st-kilda-1-4-million-offer-port-adelaide-interest-adelaide-crows-long-term-deal-comments-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/33317\/","title":{"rendered":"Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera contract deep dive, St Kilda $1.4 million offer, Port Adelaide interest, Adelaide Crows long-term deal, comments, latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"

No player in recent memory has increased their contract value as rapidly<\/a> as St Kilda\u2019s Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera.<\/p>\n

Just three weeks ago, reports emerged that the Saints were willing to offer the 22-year-old $1.2 million per year to keep him beyond this season.<\/p>\n

Two weeks later, his price tag reportedly jumped another $200,000 annually. His form had soared again, this time thanks to a seamless move into Ross Lyon\u2019s midfield.<\/p>\n

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And now, after a stunning 34-disposal, four-goal performance<\/a> against Melbourne \u2014 including a goal after the siren to seal the biggest fourth-quarter comeback in V\/AFL history<\/a> \u2014 Seven\u2019s Caroline Wilson has reported that St Kilda has again upped its offer.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a value surge as sharp and sudden as any we\u2019ve seen before \u2014 especially for an unsigned player with an uncertain future.<\/p>\n

With finals now out of reach, St Kilda has just four games remaining this season. Worryingly, its most prized asset is still yet to re-sign.<\/p>\n

To their credit, the Saints have gone all-in. Not only have they tabled massive money, but they\u2019ve reshaped their midfield to give Wanganeen-Milera more responsibility \u2014 and more of the footy. And he\u2019s delivered. Over the last month alone, he\u2019s averaged nearly 35 disposals and over one goal a game.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe can play anywhere. I think he\u2019s now that special type of player that can play anywhere like some of the other best mids in the competition,\u201d St Kilda great Leigh Montagna told foxfooty.com.au.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know he can play behind the ball, and he\u2019s proven now that he can play in at centre bounce. He\u2019s also got the attributes that he can play forward as well. They\u2019re the qualities that you want in a in a superstar player.\u201d<\/p>\n

THE THREE CONTENDERS<\/p>\n

It\u2019s that versatility and X-factor that will earn Wanganeen-Milera the ultimate payday \u2014 either at St Kilda, Port Adelaide or Adelaide.<\/p>\n

Sources have long touted the Power as frontrunners in the race for \u2018Nas\u2019, given his close relationship with the likes of Jason Horne-Francis. The Glenelg product was also in the club\u2019s Next Generation Academy before being drafted to the Saints. <\/p>\n

Nasiah’s game-winning TWO goals in 15s! | 00:36<\/p>\n

Now though, where he lands is genuinely anyone\u2019s guess.<\/p>\n

Port Adelaide is still considered the favourite if he leaves Moorabbin, with Adelaide still lurking. But the intangible moments Wanganeen-Milera has shared with St Kilda in recent weeks \u2014 mostly revolving around Sunday afternoon\u2019s heroic comeback \u2014 are things rival clubs simply can\u2019t buy.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe deserves to be highly paid,\u201d Montagna continued to foxfooty.com.au.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe biggest thing for me that we\u2019ve found this year, I\u2019ve found this year that he\u2019s probably got a level of the \u2018it\u2019 factor. We knew he had the talent, but I think we\u2019ve now seen the development that he wants to be \u2018the man\u2019 \u2014 that special X-Factor and quality that all the champions have in them.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has a level of competitiveness and will to win, that \u2018jump on my back\u2019 attitude.\u201d<\/p>\n

SAINTS LIST D-DAY<\/p>\n

St Kilda is again at a list management crossroads.<\/p>\n

The heavily-scrutinised future of Carlton ruck Tom De Koning has come with a price tag even bigger than that tabled for Wanganeen-Milera.<\/p>\n

If the Saints land De Koning, it could trigger dominoes \u2014 including the potential departure of star ruck Rowan Marshall \u2014 as the club faces calls on more than a dozen out-of-contract players.<\/p>\n

Trade whispers: The ruck merry-go-round | 04:54<\/p>\n

Retaining a player of Wanganeen-Milera\u2019s calibre is critical to any club\u2019s culture \u2014 let alone St Kilda, which hasn\u2019t tasted premiership success since 1966.<\/p>\n

Equally, targeting stars like De Koning can point to the belief in what Ross Lyon is building. Recent long-term extensions for the likes of Jack Higgins and Mitchito Owens reflect that same optimism.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re going to be a top-four regular or contender trying to win a premiership, you need to have at least one of a special quality. But really, you need it a couple of them that are potential Hall of Fame type players,\u201d Montagna said. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s the one right now for St Kilda that has got those attributes in him that you need if you\u2019re going to be trying to win that second flag that they\u2019re chasing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t have thought what happens in the last month of the season would be determining Nas\u2019 future and what he decides to do \u2026 I think he\u2019s been there long enough he knows the trajectory of the club, what he values and what he rates.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nasi & Higgins react to INSANE finish! | 02:48<\/p>\n

AND IF THE SAINTS DON\u2019T SIGN HIM?<\/p>\n

In the words of premiership Eagle Will Schofield, it could go all ends up if Nasiah elects to head home to South Australia.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you don\u2019t sign Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera, you may as well ship the whole place \u2014 take it to the 20th (AFL) team, wherever that\u2019s going to be,\u201d Schofield told Fox Footy\u2019s AFL Tonight on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot signing (him) would be a disaster. For the fan base, for the people that support the footy club, staff, teammates. I just can\u2019t see how you don\u2019t get this done. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re apart in years offered or dollars on the table, go and get it done. Get him to take a blank piece of paper in, write his number and then say: \u2018Sign away, here\u2019s the deal\u2019 \u2014 and you just do it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a no-brainer. He\u2019s close to the best player in the game right now, and you\u2019re telling me St Kilda, who can\u2019t sign a \u2018big fish\u2019 … if they don\u2019t sign him, pack it up \u2014 it\u2019s finished.\u201d<\/p>\n

St Kilda has made its move more than once, as have Port Adelaide and Adelaide. Whose pitch is enough to sign Nasiah though, is the million-dollar question that is literally rising by the week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No player in recent memory has increased their contract value as rapidly as St Kilda\u2019s Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera. Just…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[9126,638,64,63,689,55,639,13120,30687,30692,12090,2105,25051,12106,3465,30688,11249,28454,14437,15700,677,30686,6082,28879,6264,672,1124,85,1122,30690,30691,1117,11236,1133,29109,12920,30693,30689,660],"class_list":["post-33317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-adelaide-crows","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-centre-bounce","tag-club-faces-calls","tag-contract-value","tag-final-quarter","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-jack-higgins","tag-jason-horne-francis","tag-leigh-montagna","tag-list-management-crossroads","tag-long-term-deal","tag-looming-merry-go-round","tag-ned-reeves","tag-next-generation-academy","tag-oceania","tag-out-of-contract-players","tag-port-adelaide","tag-premiership-success","tag-price-tag","tag-richmond-tigers","tag-south-australia","tag-sports","tag-st-kilda","tag-superstar-player","tag-things-rival-clubs","tag-tom-de-koning","tag-trade-news","tag-trade-period","tag-trade-stories","tag-trade-whispers","tag-type-players","tag-value-rises","tag-victoria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33317","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=33317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}