Sorry we couldn't find a match for that, please try again, Join the conversation, you are commenting as, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -, Tigers’ best offer is $1.1 million over seven years — $400,000 a year short of the staggering $1.5 million a season offered by North Melbourne, MARTIN CHASE LEAVES KANGAROO STARS IN LIMBO, Majority of new cases a 'mystery’, eradication claims shut down, Restrictions we could be forced to live with, ‘Arguing children’: What you missed in Trump, Biden debate, Controversial Omnibus Bill step closer to becoming reality, How Chairman Dan’s curfew call was utterly useless. Martin also recently travelled to New Zealand to visit his father Shane. In the case of someone like Dusty who could be the difference, it wouldn’t surprise me if they extend their offer,’’ he said. Keays also said he had added tagging to his “arsenal” this season and would relish the challenge of taking on Martin in a game the Crows would have to win, and hope North gets smashed by West Coast, to jump off the bottom of the ladder. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. Martin is understood to have met with North coach Brad Scott, football chief Cameron Joyce and separately, leading players such as Jack Ziebell, Robbie Tarrant and Ben Cunnington. The 23-year-old has also offered to tag Richmond superstar Dustin Martin on Saturday as his side pushes for what remains an unlikely bid to avoid the club’s first wooden spoon after three wins in a row.

RICHMOND has been urged to up its offer to Dustin Martin, with the superstar free agent staring in the face of a $2.8 million salary sacrifice to stay at Punt Road. But having racked up 15 matches this year, as well as bringing what he said was “a lot to the club on and off the field”, Keays wants to stay for a few years more. Hawthorn and St Kilda list builder Pelchen said under the new CBA there was “scope” for a team in finals contention to pay in excess of $1.1 million to a “franchise player”. Dustin Martin handles the ball in the 2017 AFL Grand Final. North Melbourne are still awaiting word from GWS midfielder Josh Kelly, who received a nine-year, $10m offer from the club, but is considered most likely to stay at the Giants.

Keays said his management was in talks with the Crows, and he was confident of a good result having been embraced by Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks. As a club they need to be seen to be doing their very best to keep him.

LISTEN TO THE ROUND 23 REVIEW FOX FOOTY PODCAST BELOW, OR TAP HERE TO SUBSCRIBE IN ITUNES. LIVE stream every game of the first week of the 2017 Toyota AFL Finals Series on FOX SPORTS. “I will be pushing for that security after coming here on a one-year deal and playing the way I have. “Maybe they can go another $50,000 or $100,000 a year as a goodwill gesture. “Then they can say they have done their best.

Adelaide midfielder Ben Keays has put his hand up for a new, long-term contract at the Crows and wants to take on Richmond star Dustin Martin this week to show he’s worth it. I felt that I have played the strongest footy of my career so far,” he said.

The Kangaroos’ offer is the biggest in the game’s history, eclipsing mega deals for Gary Ablett, Lance Franklin, Tom Scully and Tom Boyd. Richmond has effectively handed control of the announcement to the Martin camp and his manager Ralph Carr, with various parties, including North Melbourne, believing that the Brownlow Medal favourite would announce his decision to stay on Channel 9’s The Footy Show on Thursday night.
I feel like I’ve got that in my arsenal now,” he said. Martin officially announced on Nine’s AFL Footy Show that he has signed a new deal with the Richmond Tigers. “We’ll be looking to come out the same way we have the last three weeks. “Will you enjoy it getting smashed from pillar to post week in and week out, getting very little support around you?”, “Or is there another club we don’t know about yet?”, To join the conversation, please log in.