Homesick Ablett wants out, but Suns say ‘no dice’

GARY Ablett is homesick after six years at Gold Coast, his manager says.

It emerged this week the Suns captain and their highestpaid player had asked after the season if he could be traded back to Geelong despite having two years to run on a threeyear contract.

The Suns quickly shut down the move, but Ablett’s manager Liam Pickering won’t rule out making another trade request at the end of 2017.

“I don’t know what’s going to happen next year,” Pickering said.

“There’s absolutely a possibility he’ll finish the next two years there (at Gold Coast), it’s a probability – he’s captain.

“There’s a lot of water to go under the bridge before he finishes his career.”

Ablett played nine seasons at Geelong before joining Gold Coast at the end of 2010.

“He’s been there for six years,” Pickering said. “He just asked the question and said, ‘I’m homesick, I want to be able to get around my family’.

“They said ‘no dice’ and that was the end of it,’’ he said.

“You don’t know unless you ask. The answer was pretty emphatic and we’ve moved on.

“It’s no big deal from my end. I have hundreds of those conversations every year with clients. He’s still there, he’s still captain.”