West Coast list boss Matt Clarke says they expect Chad Warner to remain at Sydney, so they won\u2019t be making a play for the superstar in the upcoming trade period.<\/p>\n
It comes as he all but shut down any possibility of the Eagles taking a punt on Norm Smith medallist Bobby Hill, who is desperate to find a third club.<\/p>\n
Speculation has been rife on Warner\u2019s future despite the West Australian still being contracted at the Swans until the end of next season.<\/p>\n
The East Fremantle product is one of four Sydney players under investigation by Victorian Police over sexual assault allegations following an after-hours incident at the Pullman Hotel in Melbourne after their round 23 defeat of Essendon.<\/p>\n
West Coast has long held interest in Warner, who turned down overtures last year to re-commit to the Swans on a lucrative two-year deal which expires at the end of 2027.<\/p>\n
The 130-game midfielder will be a free agent at the end of next season, meaning he won\u2019t cost them anything to recruit him.<\/p>\n
Clarke said they would \u201cask the question\u201d of Warner but didn\u2019t expect him to move before the end of next season despite his off-field woes.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur understanding from his management group \u2014 and they\u2019ve had strong conversations with Sydney \u2014 is that he\u2019s a required player and he\u2019s very happy where he is right now,\u201d he told Trade Radio.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t expect any movement at our end. We\u2019ll obviously do our due diligence and ask the question … from where we sit right now, Chad will be playing for Sydney next year.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think all clubs are looking at what every free agent list looks like year on year and obviously Chad is one of those (in 2027). I am sure Sydney are keen to have him stay beyond that, and they\u2019ll be trying to do the same.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll assess it in the next 12 months and see where it sits. But at this stage, he\u2019ll play for Sydney next year, and we\u2019ll see what happens from there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Clarke said the potential recruitment of former Collingwood and Greater Western Sydney small forward Hill was \u201cnot a priority\u201d as the Perth product looked to resurrect his career.<\/p>\n
Hill parted ways with the Magpies earlier this year but has revealed he rediscovered his love for football and is hopeful of a second chance in the AFL.<\/p>\n
Clarke said they would speak to the 26-year-old\u2019s manager, but it was \u201cunlikely\u201d they would pursue the former Magpies star.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone will speak to his management group. When you consider someone who is as high-end a talent as Bobby is or has been and has done it on the biggest stage there is, there is always the question to ask,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s great that Bobby\u2019s turned his life around, he\u2019s trying to get himself fit. I think it\u2019s unlikely, but every club will speak to his management group and ask the question and see where it\u2019s at.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it is not a priority for us right now.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"West Coast list boss Matt Clarke says they expect Chad Warner to remain at Sydney, so they won\u2019t…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":913234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,53746,64,63,55,639,588,85,7067],"class_list":["post-913233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-afl-trades","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-west-coast-eagles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913233","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=913233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/913234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}