Adelaide Crows linked with move to lure Patrick Dangerfield back
A rival club has been linked with a shock move to sign Geelong skipper Patrick Dangerfield, who is a free agent at season’s end.
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The Adelaide Crows are reportedly keen to lure former club champion Patrick Dangerfield back to South Australia.
Dangerfield, 34, was taken by the Crows with pick 10 in the 2007 AFL Draft and spent the first eight seasons of his career in Adelaide, where he was named an All Australian three times and won a best and fairest award in 2015.
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After 154 games in Adelaide colours, then free agent Dangerfield opted to join the Cats, where he could move back to his home town of Moggs Creek, just outside Geelong.
In another 171 games to date in blue and white, Dangerfield has won a Brownlow Medal, five more All Australian nods and a premiership in 2022.
A free agent once more after the current season, Dangerfield is being sought for a return to the Crows, according to Channel 7 reporter Mitch Cleary.
“Adelaide has made an audacious bid to lure Patrick Dangerfield back to where he started,” Cleary said on 7 News Melbourne.
“The Crows recently pitching the prospect of Dangerfield’s age and experience being the perfect addition to the Crows’ young list.
“Dangerfield spent the first eight years of his career as a Crow before leaving for Geelong at the end of 2015.
“And this shows just how aggressive the Crows will be in a trade space this off-season.”
Since Matthew Nicks was appointed head coach of the Crows ahead of the 2020 season, the club has gradually rebuilt its list and slowly moved its way up the AFL ladder.
Considered a chance at finals football in 2024 after a tenth-placed finish last season, Adelaide lost its opening four matches of the season, but has since reeled off three wins in four games, including the scalps of Carlton and Port Adelaide.
Cleary added Dangerfield’s most likely next move is to continue his career in Geelong.
“Dangerfield is a free agent, so a rival could land him for nothing,” he said.
“And while this approach to see him finish his career as a Crow will give him something to think about, the most likely scenario remains staying with Geelong, where he’s had preliminary extension talks.
“Now Dangerfield is currently rehabbing his second hamstring (injury) of the season in a bid to get back after Geelong’s round 14 bye.”
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