Dockers deal hinges on No.6 pick
FREMANTLE football boss Peter Bell says Carlton’s No.6 pick remains the “cornerstone” to an Adam Cerra trade, as the Dockers hold out for the final sweetener that will see the deal done.
Bell said negotiations between his club and Carlton are moving “positively”, but there was still more to play out as Fremantle worked on a separate deal to land Geelong’s Jordan Clark.
“David Walls (Fremantle list manager) and Nick Austin (Carlton list manager) are making ground, that’s my understanding,” Bell said on AFL Trade Radio.
“I think it’s agreed that pick six will be the cornerstone of that deal and there’s a few other components of proposed deals from both sides that have to take into account a number of different moving parts.
“So as far as Adam’s move to Carlton is concerned, we think the negotiations have gone really positively so far.”
Bell said he was also “quite confident” of landing Clark, despite the Cats playing hardball with the Dockers.
“As Jordan is contracted, Geelong has every right to negotiate really hard and that’s to be expected,” Bell said.
“We’d love to bring Jordan in and Jordan’s indicated to Geelong and to us that he’d like to move to Fremantle.”