Nathan Buckley and Adam Treloar have held ‘robust’ conversations over star midfielder’s Collingwood future
Adam Treloar’s relationship with Collingwood grows messier by the day. Here’s the latest on what’s happening inside the Magpie camp.
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Adam Treloar is unwilling to take a pay cut to relieve Collingwood of his $4.5 million contract impasse as Nathan Buckley was on Monday forced to defend the club’s conduct in an increasingly messy saga.
Collingwood continues to push hard to jettison Treloar after an official meeting last week and several phone conversations between the midfielder and coach Buckley.
The Herald Sun believes several senior teammates are upset that Treloar has been used as a scapegoat for the club’s salary cap issues.
Treloar’s conversations with Buckley have been particularly robust at stages.
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But Buckley was forced to deny a report that he had told Treloar senior players did not want him at the club.
“The constant rumour and innuendo is disrespectful to Adam, the club and our supporters,” Buckley tweeted on Monday.
“We’ll continue to communicate directly and sensitively with (Treloar) and his management.
“FYI, our leaders don’t sit on list management, it’s not their job.”
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It is understood Treloar was prepared to push back his salary from previous contracts multiple times to allow the Pies to recruit the likes of Dayne Beams and Daniel Wells in recent years.
Now the Pies are unwilling to commit to his salary, and while Hawthorn didn’t rule out a late bid for him, there are few suitors prepared to absorb the $900,000-a-season wage.
“Absolute factâ€...news to me Sam.
— Nathan Buckley (@ncb_cfc) November 2, 2020
The constant rumour and innuendo is disrespectful to Adam, the club and our supporters.
We’ll continue to communicate directly and sensitively with Adz and his management.
FYI, our leaders don’t sit on list management, it’s not their job.
In effect his generosity in helping the salary cap issues of a club he chose when he left GWS has been used against him.
It again throws the spotlight on back-ended contracts such as the one held by Treloar and Jeremy Cameron given the fraught nature of those deals.
Gold Coast has ruled itself out because it does not believe Treloar has any interest in moving north and is aware of his massive salary obligations.
Hawthorn list boss Graham Wright said of Treloar on Monday the club would “never say never” but said the club was an interested observer.
Clubs would need his wage to be subsidised but Collingwood had not indicated to the Suns in discussions that it was prepared to cover any of Treloar’s deal.
Rival clubs are also aware that if the Pies do not believe Treloar can survive a year in a long-distance relationship with netballing partner Kim Ravaillion, then he is unlikely to see out a five-season deal interstate.
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Originally published as Nathan Buckley and Adam Treloar have held ‘robust’ conversations over star midfielder’s Collingwood future