{"id":424255,"date":"2024-09-30T22:24:05","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T22:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=424255"},"modified":"2024-10-01T01:09:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T01:09:04","slug":"rival-club-preparing-to-lure-unwanted-demon-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=424255","title":{"rendered":"Rival club preparing to lure 'unwanted' Demon away"},"content":{"rendered":"

M\ufeffelbourne<\/a> midfielder Clayton Oliver<\/a> is reportedly feeling "unloved" at the Demons, as a rival club prepares to pounce with a trade offer.<\/p>\n

Oliver struggled on and off field for the Demons in 2024, with his professionalism under scrutiny.<\/p>\n

But now Geelong<\/a> has emerged as the frontrunner to lure the midfielder away.<\/p>\n

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"Twelve months almost to the day that he emerged as a trade target, Clayton Oliver is once again gettable, attainable from rival clubs," Nine's Sam McClure revealed on Wide World of Sports<\/em> radio on Monday.<\/p>\n

And exactly why the 27-year-old premiership star may want out is pretty straight forward.<\/p>\n

\"Demons<\/p>\n

"Clayton Oliver has felt during the year and increasingly so in the last couple of weeks … that he is undervalued and in some way, unwanted at Melbourne next year," McClure said.<\/p>\n

"It's had him questioning whether he will be back at the club for pre-season at the end of this year\ufeff."<\/p>\n

Oliver's troubled pre-season, which hindered the start of his 2024 campaign, saw him reportedly fall out with the club's key stakeholders and some teammates.<\/p>\n

The 2021 premiership midfielder was in the spotlight for multiple reasons, including his early exit from the club's training camp<\/a> at the end of 2023, following intense trade speculation<\/a> as well as a brief hospital visit<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cornes<\/p>\n

The trade speculation has left Essendon great Matthew Lloyd calling for the Demons to use Oliver to free up room for future selections.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"I think they would be well and truly open to trading Oliver out," Lloyd said.<\/p>\n

Oliver still has six years left on his mega deal.<\/p>\n

He missed the final few weeks of the 2024 season, after playing for the second half of the year with a broken hand.<\/p>\n

\"Clayton<\/p>\n

But Geelong won't get the star onballer that easily.\ufeff<\/p>\n

The Cats' chances of landing Oliver could become more complicated as \ufeffthey also loom as the home for Bulldogs midfielder Bailey Smith.<\/p>\n

The AFL trade period begins on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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