Port Adelaide keeps Richmond alive for Butters trade as Dogs negotiate
Port Adelaide prefers trading restricted free agent Zak Butters to a lower-placed team rather than the Bulldogs.
Port Adelaide is looking at different options to solve the Zak Butters situation. List boss Jason Cripps said the club would take Pick 5 as compensation.
Port Adelaide could match an offer from the Western Bulldogs to force a trade instead. Cripps also said that Richmond still has a chance.
He said he would rather talk with a team closer to the bottom of the ladder. The Bulldogs are still working on a deal structure.
Port is also open to moving Todd Marshall in a salary-dump deal. But they rejected any move involving the Bulldogs.
- Zak Butters
- Restricted free agent
- Jason Cripps
- Port Adelaide list boss
- Picks 4 and 5
- Competing pick values
- Western Bulldogs, Richmond
- Interested clubs
Why it mattersThe trade resolution will reshape Port Adelaide and the Bulldogs' lists before next season. It will also decide whether Richmond can join the talks.
AustraliaThe AFL trade-period outcome directly affects Adelaide and Melbourne football, determining which clubs gain or lose key players and draft picks.
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