Jeremy Cameron wants to stay at GWS, and so does Leon Cameron
Star GWS forward and free agent Jeremy Cameron faces a massive pay cut this year on his back-ended deal as he negotiates a new contract. He gave an update on his plans today.
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Jeremy Cameron says his future is at Greater Western Sydney despite an AFL ban on him signing a new deal with the Giants.
And senior coach Leon Cameron says that he will be coaching at the club well into the future despite negotiations on a new extension being put on the “backburner” given the coronavirus.
GWS spearhead Cameron has joined high-profile out-of-contract Pie Jordan De Goey in making clear he would ideally like to re-sign at his current club.
The star forward will have to take a huge pay cut this year already on his hugely back-ended deal, which expires on October 31.
But while Cameron could accept massive multimillion-dollar deals in Melbourne, he made clear on Triple M on Sunday he wants to stay.
Clubs including Geelong would have chased the free agent hard if it became apparent he wanted to move to a big Victorian club.
“In terms of signing it doesn’t change anything for me,” he said of the coronavirus crisis.
“At the moment I am loving it up here. I love the club, I love the way we are moving and looking forward into the future, I think it’s very bright.
“At the moment we will just sit and wait and see what happens with everything. Everyone is getting affected by this thing and we want to move on as quickly as we can (with the contract). At the moment it’s just wait and see.”
GWS board member Jimmy Bartel made clear Grand Final coach Leon Cameron’s deal would be extended as a formality when clubs are again allowed to re-sign football staff.
That deal could be affected by cuts to the AFL’s football department budgets, which could slash the money clubs can spend from $10 million to $6-$7 million.
Cameron will likely secure a two or three-year extension but only when the league has a more accurate idea of its financial issues.
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“It’s the least of my concerns,” Cameron said on 3AW.
“The talks I have had with Dave (Matthews) and Jason (McCartney) and our board, I am really confident that I will be coaching well and truly from 2020 onwards and that’s been put on the backburner and so it should be. There are more important things in front of us.”