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GREAT\u2019S BOMBSHELL ENGLISH TRADE MAIL<\/p>\n
Four-time premiership Hawk Jordan Lewis has tipped a shock Tim English trade. <\/p>\n
Speaking on Fox Footy\u2019s On the Couch on Monday night, Lewis revealed he\u2019d be \u201csurprised\u201d if English was at Whitten Oval in 2027 and that rival clubs are circling the star ruckman. <\/p>\n
English is contracted at the Bulldogs until 2029 after he knocked back rival interest including from his home state Western Australia and penned a five-year extension in April 2024. <\/p>\n
Lewis has mail that there\u2019s now a live trade watch on English, who turns 29 in August, in a season knee and concussion setbacks have limited him to nine games for the 8-6 Dogs.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe story to follow now is, will Tim English be there next year?,\u201d Lewis posed on Monday night.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think there\u2019s strong word around, questions are being asked at other clubs. He\u2019s gettable.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt would surprise me if he\u2019s there next year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Could Tim English be on the move? (Photo by Cameron Spencer\/Getty Images)Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n
Asked where he\u2019ll be next year, Lewis replied with a smile: \u201cCan\u2019t say that.\u201d<\/p>\n
He later added: \u201cI\u2019m not set on one particular team. But I know the question is being asked.\u201d <\/p>\n
Tigers champion Jack Riewoldt questioned how it could impact the race for star free agent Zak Butters, who the Dogs are favourites for.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo you\u2019re saying English is not there and they\u2019re heavily linked to Zak Butters,\u201d Riewoldt said. <\/p>\n
\u201cDo you think that would affect the Zak Butters conversation, because I look at Zak Butters and go \u2018why would I want to go to the Bulldogs currently when they\u2019ve got Marcus Bontempelli, they\u2019ve got Ed Richards, they\u2019ve got Ryley Sanders coming through as well\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey don\u2019t have a backline, and I would be prioritising a key back over Zak Butters.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lewis responded: \u201cI think in an ideal world they get Zak Butters, and absolutely you would never deny your club the chance to get Zak Butters, and Bontempelli moves to a half back.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it prolongs his career, it fixes some of the issues that they\u2019ve got down in that back line, in terms of ball users, and you get an absolute A grader.\u201d<\/p>\n
PIES CLOSE IN ON NEALE WITH JUICY FRONT-ENDED OFFER<\/p>\n
Collingwood is reportedly closing in on Brisbane star Lachie Neale with a lucrative three-year deal that would pay the dual Brownlow medallist $2 million over the first two seasons. <\/p>\n
Neale is weighing up his future and a potential move away from the reigning premiers in free agency, with interest from multiple clubs including the Magpies and his ex-side Fremantle. <\/p>\n
Speaking on Fox Footy\u2019s On the Couch on Monday night, Ralph expanded on his report that Collingwood is \u201cblowing away\u201d rival suitors for the 33-year old with its offer that\u2019s estimated to be worth between $2.5-$3 million in total.<\/p>\n
\u201cCollingwood very much in the race for Lachie Neale, and their rivals expect they will eventually offer him a three-year deal. And potentially the first two years of that might be worth as much as $2 million,\u201d Ralph said. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt does explain why he will eventually rebuff rivals like Fremantle, why he\u2019s not intent on going west to be closer to his family. I can tell you the Dockers at one stage this season believe they had his contract, a deal of about two years at $600,000 (a season). <\/p>\n
\u201cNow the first two years would be very significant at Collingwood, the third year would still be haggled about.\u201d<\/p>\n
Collingwood has interest in Lachie Neale (Photo by Steve Bell\/Getty Images)Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n
Ralph added that Collingwood is \u201cabsolutely adamant\u201d they haven\u2019t met with Neale.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are respecting the process and have not put any dollar figures to him. But having sold the Brisbane family home and with a financial settlement imminent, it\u2019s obvious now he is very keen to cash in on the last two or potentially three years of his AFL career,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe turns 34 in May so if it was a deal of this scope, it would certainly help Collingwood bridge the gap if they\u2019re able to top up with a Lachie Neale, and use some of their draft picks to try and extend out that premiership window.\u201d<\/p>\n
The two-time premiership winner has family ties to South Australia, while Neale\u2019s kids are based in Western Australia with his wife Jules, after their split.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A great has made a bombshell trade call on a Bulldogs star. Plus Collingwood is closing in on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":738046,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-738045","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\/738045","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=738045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/738046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=738045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=738045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=738045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}