Daniel Menzel remains in contract limbo despite Sydney announcing a host of new deals
Sydney announced new deals for a host of players to kick off the trade period. However, Daniel Menzel wasn’t one of them. Jon Ralph breaks down exactly where the forward is at.
Daniel Menzel remains in contract limbo until the end of the trade period despite the Swans announcing five player signings.
Menzel signed a one-year contract with Sydney for 2019 but played only seven games because of summer groin surgery, including the final four games of the season.
He kicked seven goals for the season as well as kicking 17 goals in six NEAFL games.
Menzel was hoping to secure another extension but at this stage he has been given no guarantees.
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His position on the list is not believed to be tied to Sydney’s capacity to lure Joe Daniher, given he plays in a different style to the pure marking forward.
Medium-sized forward Tom Papley is likely to eventually move to Carlton but is more of a running forward than mark-and-goal player like Menzel.
If Daniher arrives and can complete a full pre-season it will give Sydney coach John Longmire a dizzying array of tall forward targets.
He could play Franklin, Daniher, Tom McCartin and marking midfielder Isaac Heeney in attack, with 187cm marking forward Will Hayward also a regular in the front six.
Sydney on Tuesday announced deals for Robbie Fox, Hayden McLean, James Bell, Joel Amartey and Michael Knoll on one-year deals.
Menzel has so far played 80 games after his remarkable recovery from four knee reconstructions.
Originally published as Daniel Menzel remains in contract limbo despite Sydney announcing a host of new deals