said on AFL Media\u2019s Gettable.<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cHe\u2019s been one of the most underpaid players in the comp for the best part of two to three yers, but Collingwood hasn\u2019t come to the table there.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think now, particularly with Darcy Cameron, West Coast is right in the mix for Darcy Cameron and I think that\u2019s a real possibility over the last couple of weeks.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s seriously considering the prospect of joining the Eagles and asking for a trade to the Eagles at the end of 2025. I think that\u2019s become a genuine possibility now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cameron remains contracted to the Pies for 2026, but has been playing on unders for quite some time. <\/p>\n
He\u2019s arguably put together a career-best season in 2025 too, where he has averaged 18.2 disposals, 5.2 marks and 4.4 clearances throughout 19 games.<\/p>\n
Missing Saints star would be “disaster!” | 02:10<\/p>\n
WHY DONS ARE STILL \u2018HOPEFUL\u2019 AS BIG DECISION LOOMS<\/p>\n
Sam Draper\u2019s football future remains a point of conjecture heading into the final month of the 2025 home and away season, but coach Brad Scott has played down rumours his star ruck could be heading to Brisbane.<\/p>\n
The Lions have become favourites to land Draper – and Eagles co-captain Oscar Allen – as they look to further enhance their premiership credentials heading into next year.<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old can move to Brisbane as an unrestricted free agent, meaning that Essendon cannot stop a switch if Draper wants to move. Having said that, he\u2019s yet to provide any indication to Scott either way.<\/p>\n
Why Eagles ‘deserve’ draft help | 00:51<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s news to me, and I\u2019d like to think that I would know before most,\u201d Scott told reporters this week.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re in constant dialogue. I\u2019ve been really clear all year about supporting \u2018Drapes\u2019 in terms of his decision-making process.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s got a big call to make. He loves Essendon and loves the opportunity he got here.\u201d<\/p>\n
When asked whether he was becoming more concerned that Draper might depart, Scott reaffirmed that the club will allow Draper all the time he needs to make his decision.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell any player who\u2019s out of contract coming into August, there\u2019d always be a question mark,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we won\u2019t be putting undue pressure on \u2018Drapes\u2019. He\u2019ll take as long as he needs to make his call.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a much-loved member of our club and personally I\u2019d love him to stay, and he knows that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of Collingwood\u2019s biggest stars has reached a contract \u201cstalemate\u201d and is \u201cseriously considering\u201d a move to a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1146,64,63,689,696,30904,651,3237,31213,31208,31206,31212,10143,28452,31209,31207,1127,6179,30905,677,15836,12922,31211,31210,30405,701,14444,30401,31205,11244,30902,85,1122,2535,660,7067],"class_list":["post-34017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-adam-simpson","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-brad-scott","tag-breakdown-momentum","tag-brisbane","tag-brisbane-lions","tag-career-best-season","tag-club-needs","tag-conjecture-heading","tag-contract-negotiations","tag-craig-mcrae","tag-darcy-cameron","tag-decision-looms","tag-decision-making-process","tag-fox-footy","tag-jack-silvagni","tag-justin-longmire","tag-oceania","tag-oscar-allen","tag-player-movement-news","tag-premiership-credentials-heading","tag-premiership-puzzle","tag-quarter-comeback","tag-queensland","tag-question-mark","tag-real-desire","tag-rival-club","tag-sam-draper","tag-simmo-ampampamp-horse","tag-sports","tag-st-kilda","tag-trade-rumours","tag-victoria","tag-west-coast-eagles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34017","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=34017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}