Crows full of options to satisfy Sydney over Dawson

ADELAIDE will offer its newly acquired future first-round pick from Melbourne to Sydney for Jordan Dawson, aware it might be the last offer before the pre-season draft comes into play.

The Crows continue to offer solutions to land Dawson, having volunteered to acquire the Western Bulldogs’ No.17 pick in this year’s draft for the Swans.

That deal was rebuffed, as was an offer that saw the Crows throw in later picks that would have improved upon the No.17 selection.

Eventually the Crows were involved in a four-way trade in which Melbourne acquired pick 17 and Adelaide accepted the Demons’ future firstround pick.

That selection is likely to be anywhere from 14-18, and there is a chance the Crows would again throw in some back-end picks to elevate it into the mid-teens.

But given the gap between the two clubs on Dawson’s value it remains to be seen if the Swans will accept that pick.

Adelaide’s football director Mark Ricciuto has raised the spectre of using the preseason draft to secure Dawson, which has been the last resort for a Crows team prepared to negotiate in good faith.

But Sydney seems intent on offering up solutions that involve Adelaide’s No.4 draft pick, which the Crows say is off the table.