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Cam McCarthy has officially become a Docker after a year of waiting, joining the Fremantle football club as part of the first trade of the 2016 off-season.
The GWS Giants traded McCarthy, along with draft selections No.7, No.34 and No.72 to the Dockers for their first selection at the draft, No.3 overall.
“We’re really excited about getting Cam to Fremantle,” said Fremantle’s list manager Brad Lloyd.
“He’s a talented young player who is a proven performer at AFL level.
“We are really looking forward to seeing Cam pull on a Fremantle jumper in 2017.”
GWS’ football manager Wayne Campbell said the deal would help all three parties.
“With Cameron’s strong desire to return to Western Australia, we worked closely with his management team to facilitate a deal that we feel benefits everyone involved,” Campbell said.
“Cam’s welfare was always the priority for everyone at the Giants and the club wishes him the very best for the rest of his career.
“Securing the third pick in the draft is significant as it puts us in a strong position to further enhance our playing list.”
It’s a trade twelve months in the making, after McCarthy went to the Giants this time last year to request a trade west.
However the Giants saw McCarthy, who was contracted for another two seasons, as a ‘line in the sand’ moment and refused to trade him.
They would have hoped to turn the situation around in 2016, but instead McCarthy quit the club before the season began and moved back to Western Australia, citing homesickness.
That makes it rather an odd deal in the end. GWS certainly got less now than they could have last year, but can be said to have won an important victory for their self-respect.
It’s also a credit to their canny trading ability that they managed to turn the situation into a tidy profit of moving up from pick No.7 to pick No.3 in the draft – that could have huge ramifications on draft day.
On the other hand, Fremantle have the chance to turn this into one of the best deals in the history of the club, if they’re able to make the most of McCarthy’s talent.
He kicked an impressive 35 goals from 20 games in just his second year at the Giants, and is still only 21 years of age.
If he can become a top-flight forward for Fremantle in the future, the Dockers will go down in history as the big winners in this deal.
Roarers, who do you think wins this trade? For every trade this off-season, we’re asking you to rate the trade – vote below, and we’ll release all the results at the end of trade period.
Trade done ✅
What a huge boost for our forward stocks! https://t.co/Fp46nyBQt6 #foreverfreo pic.twitter.com/sP5N5ku7lr
— Fremantle Dockers (@freodockers) October 11, 2016
TRADE: The GIANTS have received pick 3 from @freodockers in exchange for Cameron McCarthy and picks 7, 33 & 71 https://t.co/WbUsNRs1Wq
— GWS GIANTS (@GWSGIANTS) October 11, 2016