The bond between Elijah Hollands and Carlton appears fractured after coach Michael Voss said he was “absolutely” disappointed with the Blue’s off-field behaviour.

Hollands had his exit meeting last week and was encouraged by the Blues to seek a trade despite having a year left on his contract.

The 23-year-old joined his brother, Ollie, at Carlton after trading from the Gold Coast Suns at the end of 2023.

Hollands was immediately issued a $5000 fine and two-match suspension for illicit drug use after he joined the Blues.

He has had multiple breaks from the game this year, citing personal issues.

Voss confirmed the Blues had encouraged Hollands to explore his options on Monday morning.

“Yeah, that’s correct, obviously in that discussion is, ‘Up to you (Hollands) to be able to look around and find out does another place suit you’,” he told SEN Breakfast.

“That’s obviously a discussion we had with him and he’s clear on where we stand with that, so it’s up to him to go and be able to explore those options and what they look like.”

Voss was candid in his response when asked if he was disappointed with Hollands’ off-field behaviour.

“Absolutely. We’ve been a little bit disappointed with how it’s transpired across the whole year,” he said.

“He’s been quite an important player to us and over the course of the previous year he had a real influence on the way we played.”

If Carlton is unable to facilitate a trade, Voss says Hollands will be at the Blues next year per his contract.

“The year hasn’t gone the way we wanted with ‘Lij’,” he said.

“I guess the conversation was if there’s another place that’s going to get the best out of you, mate, this is the time to go look for that.

“He’s a contracted player, he’s got a year to run on his contract, so we’ll pick that up when we need to, but he’s a contracted player.”