Watch the best coverage of the 2025 AFL finals series, including every game until the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks during play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1<\/a>.<\/p>\n WHAT’S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n De Koning\u2019s seven-year deal was at a reported $1.7 million a season and it\u2019s unclear whether the salary remains the same on the eight-year deal, or if it has been smoothed out.<\/p>\n It follows the Saints landing the signature of young superstar Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera on a two-year, $4 million contract.<\/p>\n The Saints have been desperate for years to lure big fish to Moorabbin and jump from mid-table mediocrity into being contenders again, missing out on the likes of Finn Callaghan, Luke Davies-Uniacke and Miles Bergman over the past 12 months alone.<\/p>\n Is TDK a $1.7m a year player? | 03:31<\/p>\n De Koning is a restricted free agent meaning Carlton can match any offers made for him, though it\u2019s virtually certain they cannot afford to do so.<\/p>\n They would instead receive top-band free agency compensation, the draft pick directly after their natural first-round selection. The Blues do not own their first-round pick – Hawthorn does – but would be awarded Pick 9 (as it stands).<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re not (expecting) the best of news, but we\u2019re holding on to that hope that it\u2019s going to be here,\u201d Blues coach Michael Voss said after Carlton\u2019s season-ending win over Essendon.<\/p>\n TDK on ‘huge week’ ahead for his future | 01:19<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tom De Koning will join St Kilda on an eight-year mega-deal, in potentially the biggest contract ever signed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95135,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,85,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-95134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95134","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=95134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\n