Power still waiting on Wingard

CHAD Wingard’s future remains in limbo, with Port Adelaide saying he has yet to recommit to the club and is continuing to test the market.

Football manager Chris Davies indicated that while the star playmaker is contracted for 2019 the ball is in Wingard’s court and that if he wants to move it will consider facilitating a trade.

“He hasn’t given us a guarantee (about his future),’’ Davies told AFL Trade Radio while suggesting his club is closing in on a deal with West Coast premiership ruckman Scott Lycett.

“Chad is contracted for next year and while there is nothing to suggest that he wants to leave our footy club it’s his prerogative to have a look at his long-term future.

“He, with his manager Tom Petroro, is going through the process of assessing where his value is at and we’re comfortable with that happening.

“He’ll make an assessment of what’s out there and come back to us.”

Davies declared Port is “not going to force Chad out’’ a year before the dual All-Australian falls out of contract and becomes a restricted free agent in order to cash in on his value while it can.