TRADE CHAT: Jake Lever set to leave Adelaide, but who decides where?

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Where will Jake Lever be in 2018? Picture: Sarah Reed

MELBOURNE is the frontrunner to secure the services of Jake Lever, but what if the Crows get a better offer?

The SuperFooty Podcast’s Sam Landsberger and Anthony Hudson believe the gun defender is set to leave Adelaide, but there are several other clubs in the race.

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Where will Jake Lever be in 2018? Picture: Sarah Reed

And while the popular belief is Lever wants to get to Melbourne, Hudson believes it should be up to the club.

“It really shouldn’t be up to Jake Lever where he goes, it should be up to Adelaide,” Hudson said.

“If Adelaide play their hand hard and Collingwood or the Bulldogs have a got a better hand... which they will, would Jake Lever really hold them to that and then be prepared to go to Brisbane in the first round of the preseason (draft)?”

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Landsberger said history says clubs “deal with the player’s destination of choice”.

“Essendon was better equipped to deal for Jaeger O’Meara last year, but it was always Hawthorn, it’s just the way it works out,” Landsberger said.

Lauren Wood said clubs had the right to hold their line on contracted players.

Josh Kelly is yet to put pen to paper for the Giants. Picture: AAP

In other trade chatter, Jacob Hopper’s re-signing at GWS was significant, given the discussion around Giants’ superstar Josh Kelly.

“I’ve heard both sides of the argument here ... If Josh was going to go, Hopper was going to go, and if Josh was going to stay, he would stay, the other side is there was more money for Hopper if Josh goes,” Hudson said.

Landsberger believed Kelly was “most likely to stay, but there’s still no pen on paper” and believed clubs would also be interested in out of contract Giant Matt Kennedy.

“We think Lever will go, Dusty (Martin) stayed, (Nat) Fyfe stayed, Kelly and Lever now are the big ones.”

Mark Robinson says the Bulldogs should go after Port Adelaide’s Jackson Trengove, but said they shouldn’t “give up too much for him”.

Landsberger said Hawthorn would “love” to send disappointing former Tiger Ty Vickery to a third club, while Brisbane could swoop on Collingwood big man Mason Cox.

Mason Cox could be on the move up north. Picture: AAP