{"id":769823,"date":"2026-06-30T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/769823\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T12:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T12:00:18","slug":"revealed-pies-mega-star-begins-extension-talks-but-a-big-wrinkle-has-rivals-watching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/769823\/","title":{"rendered":"Revealed: Pies \u2018mega star\u2019 begins extension talks… but a big \u2018wrinkle\u2019 has rivals watching"},"content":{"rendered":"

Collingwood has opened contract talks with star \u2018pre-agent\u2019 Jordan De Goey, but the club could be faced with an intricate decision over the length of his next deal as rival clubs continue to monitor his future.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old Magpie\u2019s current deal won\u2019t expire until the end of next season, however Fox Footy\u2019s Jon Ralph revealed both his management and the club are keen to ensure his tenure in black and white extends beyond 2027.<\/p>\n

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Speaking to Midweek Tackle on Tuesday night, Ralph dissected what preliminary discussions around a new deal have entailed \u2014 and the minor \u201cwrinkle\u201d that may need to be ironed out.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has kickstarted initial talks with the Pies on a new deal. He\u2019s an unrestricted free agent (and) in career-best form,\u201d Ralph began.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut, here\u2019s the wrinkle: he\u2019ll want contract security. There are other clubs that are of course circling and have always wanted Jordan because he\u2019s a mega star at best.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s going to want something like three years, but, the Collingwood footy club tends to do one-year deals; as they have for Jeremy Howe over the last three seasons. So, are they really prepared to buck that trend?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Craig McRae\u2019s side are already faced with several intriguing list calls involving veterans come season\u2019s end. The likes of Scott Pendlebury (38 years old), Jeremy Howe (36) and Steele Sidebottom (35) are all without a deal for 2027, as is 32-year-old Tim Membrey.<\/p>\n

Ralph said De Goey\u2019s manager, Ryan Vague, believes the 2023 premiership player still has half a decade of football ahead of him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve spoken to his manager in Ryan Vague on the record. He believes that he could play on until 35 years of age, and of course your management would believe that,\u201d Ralph said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut, he said: \u2018Conversations have started. I am in open dialogue with the club. He is super happy with his life and his footy and he will let his footy do the talking for the rest of the year. We will see how the year goes and in the background he is letting me work on his contract. I will look at what is best for my client and look at the options available.<\/p>\n

Herald Sun journalist Josh Barnes added: \u201cIt\u2019s a very tricky one. For so long, they\u2019ve almost held him on a tight leash … now, we believe that\u2019s settled itself.<\/p>\n

\u201cInjury-wise, he\u2019s always battled. He started this year a little bit slow, but now, his past six weeks might be the best of his career.\u201d<\/p>\n

With eight rounds to go in the 2026 home-and-away season, Collingwood sits in 10th place with a 7-1-7 record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Collingwood has opened contract talks with star \u2018pre-agent\u2019 Jordan De Goey, but the club could be faced with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":769824,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-769823","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\/769823","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=769823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/769824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}