Collingwood braces for protracted talks on Jordan De Goey, Brodie Grundy, Darcy Moore

Collingwood has just locked away Jamie Elliott but faces a year-long saga as it deals with contract negotiations for Jordan De Goey, Brodie Grundy and Darcy Moore. Will it have an impact?

Collingwood’s contract talks with Jordan De Goey are expected to go deep into the back-end of next season as the Pies attempt to keep their star-studded list together.

The Pies will have to deal with the ongoing distraction of contract talks for Brodie Grundy, De Goey and Darcy Moore next year as well as captain Scott Pendlebury’s expiring contract.

Livewire forward De Goey is likely to wait until the second half of the season before considering his contract position after a similar timeline on his 2018 extension.

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Jordan De Goey is in no hurry to re-sign with the Pies. Picture: Mark Stewart

Collingwood yesterday officially announced a contract extension for Jamie Elliott, with his sense of unfinished business over the club’s premiership hopes a key factor.

He knocked back better offers at Melbourne and Brisbane for a two-year Pies deal, finally injury-free and looking forward to a full pre-season after finishing the season mentally and physically fresh.

Now list boss Ned Guy has to find cap space for a trio of emerging stars including De Goey, Brodie Grundy and Darcy Moore as well as captain Scott Pendlebury.

The issue Guy will have is that trio’s contracts are related given the Pies’ tight cap

If Grundy keeps to his stance of a seven-year deal or bust, he could eventually walk out on Collingwood as a free agent and leave a $1 million gap in the salary cap.

Brodie Grundy wants a seven-year deal. Picture: Michael Klein

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He told the Herald Sun during the finals he was considering a move to Adelaide if he couldn’t secure a seven-year deal at the Pies.

So De Goey will likely wait until late in the year to assess Grundy’s position, aware he could maximise his own worth if the Pies ruckman moves on.

Like almost every Pies player, De Goey is keen to remain at the club but also intent on maximising his worth.

Ideally after signing a two-year deal on little exposed form he would next sign a new long-term deal of up near $1 million a season and establish himself as a one-club player.

Moore finished the year in fine style with six contested marks in the qualifying final and 17 mostly excellent games despite another hamstring scare.

Darcy Moore will have to weigh up his future next season. Picture: Michael Klein

His manager Liam Pickering admitted last week the trio of stars coming out of contract complicated contract talks at the Pies next year.

“We’ve spoken to Collingwood a few times through the course of the year. We would like to see what they are thinking going forward. They have a decision to make on not just Grundy and Darcy but Jordan De Goey and Scott Pendlebury is out next year. So they have some big players coming out at the end of 2020. We want a lay of the land of where they see Darcy fitting in with all that.”

De Goey signed a two-year deal for somewhere below $800,000 for the 2019-2020 seasons as he knocked back a massive $5 million, five-year offer from North Melbourne

Originally published as Collingwood braces for protracted talks on Jordan De Goey, Brodie Grundy, Darcy Moore