{"id":459711,"date":"2025-07-22T06:28:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T06:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=459711"},"modified":"2025-07-22T23:17:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T23:17:12","slug":"we-had-a-conversation-eddies-bid-to-buy-gold-coast-suns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=459711","title":{"rendered":"'We had a conversation': Eddie's bid to buy Gold Coast Suns"},"content":{"rendered":"

AFL identity Eddie McGuire<\/a> has revealed he made an approach to the AFL about buying the Gold Coast Suns<\/a> \ufeffin a bombshell bid that has never up until now been disclosed.<\/p>\n

Since entering the competition in 2011, the AFL has struggled to get the Suns pumping with the young club yet to make an appearance in the finals.<\/p>\n

\ufeffHowever, under newly installed coach Damien Hardwick there's been significant improvement and the Suns currently sit eighth deep into the 2025 season.<\/p>\n

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Speaking on Nine's Eddie and Jimmy podcast, McGuire casually dropped the news that he had looked at a takeover of the Suns despite the fact that "Collingwood's my heart" as he and Jimmy Bartel discussed the club's academy in the Northern Territory.<\/p>\n

The former Magpies president said the NT academy should instead be funnelling players to the struggling North Melbourne Kangaroos, with McGuire claiming the Suns will outgrow the need for it.<\/p>\n

"I\ufeff actually did approach the AFL to see if I could buy them … we had a conversation," he said.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

That one-liner knocked Bartel for six, with the Geelong great surprised that in the three years the pair had worked together McGuire had never before mentioned his Suns interest. \ufeff<\/p>\n

"There wasn't a sit down but we did kick it around, there was others \ufeffinvolved in it, some big names in football and business and the like," McGuire continued.<\/p>\n

Currently, the AFL Commission owns a majority stake in the Suns. \ufeff<\/p>\n

\"Damien<\/p>\n

Despite leaving it at a preliminary conversation, McGuire confirmed he still believes there's serious potential in the Suns. \ufeff<\/p>\n

"Collingwood's my heart, I'm not going to do anything against the Pies," he said.<\/p>\n

"But just looking at it and going through it and how you could set it up, the Gold Coast could be a powerhouse.<\/p>\n

"If there was a team outside \ufeffof Collingwood I could buy, I'd buy them."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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