{"id":545362,"date":"2026-03-17T03:31:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T03:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/545362\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T03:31:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T03:31:10","slug":"nick-daicos-long-term-future-at-collingwood-footy-classified-debate-tasmania-links-contract-situation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/545362\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Daicos’ long-term future at Collingwood, Footy Classified debate, Tasmania links, contract situation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Collingwood<\/a> could face an uphill battle to keep Nick Daicos<\/a> long-term as the potential for an “appealing” future move away from the club.<\/p>\n

Daicos has cemented himself as one of the AFL’s best players in recent years and is signed with the Magpies until the end of 2029.<\/p>\n

However, his contract status hasn’t stopped question marks about the 23-year-old’s future beyond his current deal, especially with the new Tasmania Devils<\/a> franchise.<\/p>\n

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Speaking on Nine’s Footy Classified on Monday night, journalist Sam McClure was asked whether there was any doubt whether Daicos would remain a one-club player, following in the footsteps of his father and Collingwood legend, Peter.<\/p>\n

His response would raise some eyebrows for Pies fans.<\/p>\n

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Nick Daicos.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

“There is absolute doubt,” McClure said.<\/p>\n

“We know what Tasmania is gonna do to the draft in the next few years and the Collingwood list profile is gonna be very different in 2028 and 2029.<\/p>\n

“Nick is a guy that is very savvy with his career. He’s not gonna hang around just because his dad was a legend of the club, if they don’t look like they’re gonna win flags.<\/p>\n

“Nick and the people around Nick are very well aware that he is a once in a generation player \u2026 it means you want to be contending for premierships as often as possible.<\/p>\n

“Nick is gonna end up at some point behind the highest-paid player in history. What happens after 2029 is dictated by what Collingwood are able to do with their list.<\/p>\n

“He’s close with Gary Ablett and he’s very interested in what he did with the Gold Coast Suns and to be face of a new franchise [in Tasmania] could be appealing.”<\/p>\n

Jimmy Bartel<\/a> was quick to push back and question whether Daicos is actually in the box-seat to get the best possible deal to remain with Collingwood.<\/p>\n

\"Nick<\/p>\n

Daicos could be on the move.\u00a0AFL Photos via Getty Images<\/p>\n

“You said Nick is incredibly savvy – isn’t this part of the savinnes, to have the idle threat that you up and leave? It actually makes Collingwood come to the table, treat it as a normal negotiation and don’t just treat it as your father-son,” the AFL great said.<\/p>\n

“Isn’t it just part of good management to make sure they do the deal correctly?<\/p>\n

“I don’t see him leaving and I don’t see him holding Collingwood over a barrel, but it’s just smart business.”<\/p>\n

Daicos has kicked 65 goals in 97 appearances for the Pies and featured in the side’s grand final victory in 2023. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Collingwood could face an uphill battle to keep Nick Daicos long-term as the potential for an “appealing” future…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-545362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545362","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=545362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}