{"id":648963,"date":"2026-05-04T12:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T12:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/648963\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T12:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T12:06:11","slug":"trade-whispers-collingwood-interested-in-signing-brisbanes-lachie-neale-carlton-chances-of-trading-patrick-cripps-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/648963\/","title":{"rendered":"Trade Whispers, Collingwood interested in signing Brisbane\u2019s Lachie Neale, Carlton chances of trading Patrick Cripps, latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"

A midfielder-needy Victorian powerhouse has flagged its interest in dual Brownlow medallist Lachie Neale, whose AFL future remains uncertain.<\/p>\n

Plus the reality Carlton is facing when considering whether to trade Patrick Cripps. More below in Trade Whispers!<\/p>\n

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VIC GIANT \u2018SHOWS INTEREST\u2019 IN SHOCK NEALE PLAY<\/p>\n

Collingwood is eyeing another surprise free agency play for a former Brownlow medallist, holding interest in Lachie Neale reports the Herald Sun\u2019s Jay Clark<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Brisbane veteran has been in strong form this season but is expected to consider his footy future after the end of his marriage late last year.<\/p>\n

Neale has travelled to see his kids in Perth during this year and is yet to decide whether he wants to remain at the Lions, or if he\u2019ll consider offers from elsewhere as he comes out of contract.<\/p>\n

West Coast and Fremantle had been considered the front-runners for Neale, should he consider leaving, due to his family ties.<\/p>\n

But it has been reported Neale isn\u2019t limiting his market based on location and the Magpies are keen to hold onto their draft picks amid a severe lack of young talent. Therefore they would be interested in signing Neale as an unrestricted free agent.<\/p>\n

The 32-year-old could help the Pies\u2019 midfield and follow in the footsteps of Brownlow winner Tom Mitchell who finished his career in black and white.<\/p>\n

The 2023 premiers are also interested in poaching Gold Coast\u2019s Ben King, though the Suns remain confident King will re-sign before coming out of contract at the end of this season.<\/p>\n

Brownlow medallists Lachie Neale and Patrick Cripps have both been raised in exit talks. Picture: Mark StewartSource: News Corp Australia<\/p>\n

\u2018DELUDED\u2019 CRIPPS EXIT REALITY<\/p>\n

Carlton will need to convince Patrick Cripps to change his mind if it\u2019s to attempt to trade out their captain in a looming rebuild.<\/p>\n

On the Couch\u2019s Jordan Lewis suggested last month the Blues must consider everything as it looks to reshape its list, including dealing out Cripps<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Then this week First Crack\u2019s David King declared Cripps, Jacob Weitering and Harry McKay should all be placed on the trade table<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nine\u2019s Damian Barrett reported on Monday night it would \u201cnot shock anyone in the footy industry\u201d if Cripps tries to leave at the end of the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been checking this story out for weeks … the two clubs in Perth are not gonna be surprised if his management at some stage about this bye period make an inquiry about it,\u201d Barrett said on Footy Classified.<\/p>\n

But with coach Michael Voss not expected to continue into next year, and with major changes looming at Princes Park, the Herald Sun\u2019s Jon Ralph says Cripps is backing the Blues to rebound and currently doesn\u2019t want to leave.<\/p>\n

\u201cCertainly when Michael Voss is sacked, all bets will be off. The club\u2019s new football boss in Chris Davies and (CEO) Graham Wright will formulate the plan with the new coach when he arrives,\u201d Ralph said on Fox Footy\u2019s On the Couch.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut right now Patrick Cripps does not want to be traded; he has absolutely no intention of finding a new home.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s still of the belief that the Blues can turn this around \u2026 it\u2019s potentially deluded but that\u2019s the kind of person he is. He is backing himself in. And if he did move on, it would be against his will.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen of course it is they do get a new coach, Chris Davies has shown he will pull the trigger; the Dan Houston trade when he came to Collingwood, he (Davies) was able to secure multiple early picks for a dual All-Australian, and of course Graham Wright has been completely emotionless in trading Charlie Curnow last year and a couple of years back Brodie Grundy at Collingwood.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, you\u2019d get a pick for Patrick Cripps who\u2019s out of contract next year, but would you get anything near his fair value?\u201d<\/p>\n

Ralph added: \u201cGeorge Hewett is certain to look around, he\u2019s been totally pushed out of this side as the best and fairest winner. Mitch McGovern is an unrestricted free agent who\u2019ll get better offers elsewhere than he will at Carlton.\u201d<\/p>\n

‘Can’t be trusted!’ Gerard flames ARC | 01:20<\/p>\n

On Monday, former Carlton footy boss Brad Lloyd declared the Blues should not trade Cripps.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been a star for the club, and there have been similar conversations about his form before this year \u2013 but he\u2019s won two Brownlows since then,\u201d Lloyd told The Age<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like whenever the team goes through a rough patch, Cripps is the target. As a club, the first port of call is to do everything you can to support him. You can really have only one player of that type in the midfield.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d be looking to complement him, as opposed to moving him. The only way you consider those sorts of trades, for someone of that calibre, is if you\u2019re absolutely blown out of the water.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A midfielder-needy Victorian powerhouse has flagged its interest in dual Brownlow medallist Lachie Neale, whose AFL future remains…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-648963","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\/648963","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=648963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}