Piesto chip in if Treloar departs

Clubs eye on-baller

COLLINGWOOD has told clubs it would be prepared to pay as much as $100,000 of Adam Treloar’s salary as Victorian teams quietly circle the elite Pies midfielder.

St Kilda yesterday ruled itself out as a bidder for Treloar, but Hawthorn and the Western Bulldogs are among the clubs to leave the door open.

Tr el oar is yet to meet with a rival club despite reports yesterday and those clubs are yet to make any bid for Treloar let alone offer him a contract.

He remains in limbo as the Pies try to find a suitor, with many still non-starters because of a $4.5 million deal over five seasons.

It is understood Collingwood had made clear to clubs that it would be prepared to wear as much as $100,000 of that $900,000 average salary over the life of the contract.

Clubs might push for the Pies to pay even more of his salary — even up to $150,000 per year—if they can come up with a trade that also suits Collingwood.

While his contract is backended at Collingwood, a new club could restructure it in any way they see fit as long as Trel oar was not short-changed.

The Pies had hoped at one stage to trade him to Gold Coast for their No .5 pick in the belief that Treloar would eventually retire in that city.

While he has made it clear he will eventually retire there with partner Kim post-career, he is definitive that he wants to play his career in Victoria. Paying players who move to rivals is far from rare, and Collingwood would do so to get back into a 2020 draft they believe has star power in the top 10.

The Bulldogs are keen to trade away their No.14 selection for multiple later selections that would have a bigger points tally to bid on No .1 overall contender Jamar UgleHagan. So if they did receive early picks for Josh Dunkley, who they now seem open to trading, securing Treloar would make sense as a direct replacement.

List boss Sam Power said yesterday of Treloar: “You definitely monitor the situation, given how good a player Adam is and he has been for a long period of time. We love the way he goes about it .”