AFL trades: Latest moves and deals from Crows, Port Adelaide

Adelaide will update its offer for Sydney’s Jordan Dawson after a pick swap with Melbourne, but will it be enough to satisfy the Swans?

Jordan Dawson of the swans tries to spoil the kick of Sam Menegola. Picture: Michael Klein

Adelaide will offer its newly acquired future first-round draft pick to Sydney for Jordan Dawson, aware it might be the last offer before the pre-season draft comes into play.

The Crows continue to try to find solutions to acquire Dawson, having volunteered to acquire the Western Bulldogs’ No.17 pick in this year’s draft for the Swans.

That deal was rebuffed, as was an offer that involved the Crows throwing in some later picks that would have improved upon the No.17 selection.

Eventually the Crows were involved in a four-way trade that saw Melbourne acquire the No.17 pick and Adelaide receive Melbourne’s future first-round selection.

That will likely fall somewhere from 14-18, and there is a chance the Crows would again throw in some later picks.

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But given the gap between the two clubs on Dawson’s value it remains to be seen if the Swans will accept that deal.

Adelaide’s football director Mark Ricciuto has raised the spectre of using the pre-season draft to secure Dawson, which has been the last resort for a Crows team prepared to negotiate in good faith.

But Sydney seems intent on offering up proposals which involve Adelaide’s No.4 draft pick, which is off the table for the Crows.

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Jordan Dawson wants to get to Adelaide.

Only two seasons into their full-blown rebuild, the Crows are aware of the importance of keeping premium picks to add to young talent including No.2 pick Riley Thilthorpe.

Adelaide has adequate salary cap space to front-end a deal for Dawson and likely get past North Melbourne and Collingwood, two clubs in front of the Crows in the pre-season draft order.

Collingwood has salary cap issues while North Melbourne would be unlikely to get in the way of Adelaide’s wishes given they could front-load at least $1 million into the first year of their five-season offer at an average of $600,000.

Sydney has made clear it believes Dawson is the most talented player in the trade space and so they require a pick around the top 10.

But Adelaide showed it was prepared to stare down GWS last year and did not improve its offer late for Jackson Hately, eventually securing him in the pre-season draft for nothing.

While many trade threats are eventually proved to be empty, the Swans will have to take the Hately trade call into calculations as they consider whether the Crows will eventually improve upon their multiple offers so far.

Originally published as AFL trades: Latest moves and deals from Crows, Port Adelaide