AFL Trades 2024: Report card from the penultimate day of trading as massive deals go through
It’s fast approaching now-or-never territory for AFL clubs looking to move players in and out, with the clock ticking ahead of Wednesday afternoon’s trade deadline.
Follow the latest news and developments here!
Key Events
Split decision
There already appears to be some head-scratching from Eagles fans online around the impending call to turn pick 3 into two later first-round picks.
West Coast executed a similar move just two years ago, where they traded pick 2 in exchange for picks 8 and pick 12.
That move ended up in the arrivals of Reuben Ginbey and Elijah Hewett, but cost the Eagles the chance to bring in the likes of Harry Sheezel or George Wardlaw with the original higher pick.
It’s a divisive path to go down, and one that is set to cause plenty of debate across the coming days if it goes through as expected.
EAGLES TRADE BREWING
West Coast are widely believed to be on the verge of executing a massive trade move that will see them split their pick three.
The deal appears to be based on the Eagles receiving picks 12 and 14 from Carlton, along with small forward Matthew Owies, with some other exchanging of later picks potentially involved.
West Coast could then use pick 14 to land Liam Baker.
It is expected at least the first of these deals will be finalised as soon as this morning.
Welcome
Hello and welcome to the penultimate day of trading!
There’s a lot to get through, and it appears the Eagles are on the brink of making some enormous moves happen, so let’s get right into it...
