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Carlton star Bryce Gibbs will almost certainly never play for Adelaide in the AFL.
The Crows ruled out making a fresh bid to tempt the Blues to part with the contracted midfielder at this year’s AFL trade period, which officially started at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne on Monday.
The meetings between the clubs produced plenty of public posturing but no trade paperwork was lodged by the end of the opening day.
Gibbs, the No.1 draft pick at the 2006 draft, narrowly missed being claimed by the Crows as a father-son selection when the AFL amended the rule’s criteria 11 years ago.
Adelaide have coveted the silky onballer from afar ever since and made their most audacious bid to lure him home to South Australia at last year’s trade period.
But they baulked at the asking price of two first-round draft picks and Crows list manager Justin Reid confirmed there would be no new bid for the 28-year-old.
“We’ve moved on from there … Bryce is a contracted player and I think he’s happy where he is,” Reid said.
“So we all move on.”
Carlton football boss Andrew McKay confirmed that Gibbs hadn’t repeated last year’s trade request and was still a required player with two years to run on his current deal.
The Crows are expected to be a major player in trade proceedings with Jake Lever and Charlie Cameron requesting trades to Melbourne and Brisbane respectively.
Reid and Demons football chief Josh Mahoney both reported they had held amicable talks, with both parties confident they can strike a win-win deal.
However, there is still some work to be done with Melbourne’s initial offer of picks 10 and a second-round pick not satisfying Adelaide’s desire for two first-round picks.
Reid reiterated his club’s hard line stance on Cameron, who he said will be held to his contract for 2018.
Earlier, the Lions dropped a bombshell to begin the trade period, declaring they will listen to offers for Josh Schache.
Essendon will also be busy trying to land Jake Stringer, Devon Smith and Adam Saad.
Bombers football boss Rob Kerr is confident from initial discussions that he will be able to secure all three players, without trading out Aaron Francis.
The No.6 pick has requested a go-home trade to one of the South Australian clubs, but Kerr said both had greater priorities early in trade proceedings.
Kerr said the Western Bulldogs have asked for their first-round pick (no.11) in return for Stringer.
In other developments on Monday:
* Geelong and Gold Coast have progressed their talks over a potential trade for Gary Ablett, with the Cats offering up a list of unnamed Cats players in return.
* Geelong have also confirmed their interest in trading for Melbourne’s Jack Watts.
* Greater Western Sydney have rebuffed St Kilda’s interest in defender Adam Tomlinson.
* Hawthorn’s Graham Wright has confirmed his priority is landing contracted Power speedster Jarman Impey.
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