Aaron Francis has requested a trade home to South Australia, and Port Adelaide have confirmed they are interested.
Port Adelaide have received a second-round draft pick as compensation for losing Jackson Trengove, currently pick 30. They will lose it if they sign a free agent of their own, which they are expected to do.
Geelong are the latest club to be linked to Jack Watts, with Collingwood, Port Adelaide and Sydney also in the market for him.
Adelaide are reportedly going hard at Steven Motlop with a significant financial offer, he has also been linked to Port Adelaide, Gold Coast and West Coast.
Jackson Trengove moved from Port Adelaide to the Western Bulldogs on a four-year deal believed to be worth around $500,000 per year.
The 2017 AFL trade and free agency period is officially underway today, with free agency opening at 9am AEDT. Join me here on The Roar for live blog coverage of all the latest AFL trade news and rumours.
Free agency opens this morning but trading itself doesn’t open till Monday – regardless, there’s a good chance we’ll see some action today with both Jackson Trengove and Tom Rockliff likely to sign deals at new clubs.
Trengove is expected to move to the Western Bulldogs on a four-year contract after falling out of favour at Port Adelaide late in 2017 and not being selected for the Power’s finals campaign.
In other circumstances Port Adelaide would likely receive a second-round compensation pick for Trengove’s departure, however, the fact they are expected to sign Rockliff – and possibly Steven Motlop too – will cancel out any compensation they might have gotten.
It was widely reported on Tuesday that Rockliff had decided to join Port Adelaide, knocking back an offer from Carlton, and both parties have likely had more than enough time to finalise any relevant contract details between then and now.
The other free agents looking likely to move clubs this offseason both belong to Geelong, Steven Motlop and Daniel Menzel. However neither appears to have a new deal locked in just yet so may wait until next week before signing anything official.
Motlop, like Rockliff, is expected to head to Port Adelaide, but has also been linked to Gold Coast, Adelaide and West Coast.
Menzel’s future is less certain, but it’s believed that Fremantle will make a play for his services.
Other free agents to keep an eye on will be Taylor Duryea and maybe Ben Howlett – they haven’t gotten much interest yet, but perhaps things will change.
Of course, in addition to any official free agency moves, I’ll also be engaging in plenty of rumour, gossip and banter, so join me here from 9am AEDT and let’s talk AFL trades.
Freo As
Guest
Collins is too slow.
Birdman
Guest
thanks Pelican - will be great to see another Jarman at the Hawks :) its been a while
Birdman
Guest
second rounder
jonboy
Guest
Who is the coach Cat? Why the secretcy .
Jon boy
Guest
FREO Have lost the plot delisted Sam Collins terrific 2016 season 22 games held backline together only one game last year excelled at Peel not injured for some reason Lyon got a snout on him . resigned another dud Sheridan . Will regret losing Crozier he will become a real star. Hopefully things will get better.
Pelican
Guest
Impey is well worth it Birdman. I will be sorry to see him leave Port. He has great pace and makes good 'on field' decisions. The Hawks have done alright out of Port over the years. Clarkson, Burgoyne, Dew and Guerra to name a few. Good luck Jarman Impey.
Liam Salter
Roar Guru
Definitely not a location issue, Paul.
Cat
Roar Guru
Only reason Menzel is being pushed out is because of one coaches personal dislike of him and that dislike has been present from day 1 of this coach joining Geelong.
Cat
Roar Guru
And it is only one of the Adelaide clubs - the more successful one too - so its obviously not a location issue.
Pumping Dougie
Roar Guru
It seems weird the Cats are chasing Stringer when they are ejecting Menzel. Both players are good offensively and poor defensively. Now they're chasing Jack Watts, who also has the same deficiencies. Why not just hang on to Menzel? Maybe Menzel has been placing a few too many bets and shagging too many women.
Cat
Roar Guru
Ah yeah you're correct. My mistake.
Docker@Aveley
Guest
Really happy with the Grey re-signing but why Sheriden? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Cost us the 2015 Prelim. Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
Paul D
Roar Guru
They strike me as a very petty sort of club. Adelaide is a boring hole but even that doesn't account for the oodles and oodles of players who have wanted out in recent years. Approaching Lions level of exodus down there despite playing finals most years
Birdman
Guest
Hawks might look at him to replace Jack Fitzpatrick
Birdman
Guest
so Josh, you don't think he's worth first round or just not early to mid first round?
Dalgety Carrington
Roar Guru
Maybe part of the problem is that they treat the players like commodities. Certainly seems that way with that sort of petulance.
TomC
Roar Guru
It wouldn't surprise me to see a club that is light on ruck options offer him a spot on the rookie list.
Dalgety Carrington
Roar Guru
You may be thinking of Zac Dawson Cat. Zac Clarke could offer a bit if he gets his knees right.
JamesH
Roar Guru
Interesting. He's been a Bombers fan all his life so it must just be the go-home factor. I'd be disappointed to lose him just when he seems to have gotten his body/fitness sorted but a first round pick would help the other deals get done, that's for sure.
TomC
Roar Guru
I expect Essendon will beat their chests about Francis for a while before accepting a mid second round pick. In Smith, Saad and Stringer they'll be getting back better players at a better price. This is probably good news on balance. Making sure they get each of the players who've asked to join them is probably more important than retaining Francis, who has battled through his first two seasons.