AFL: Melbourne are reportedly open to trading Clayton Oliver after a disappointing year for the Dees.
is due to the superstar’s “increasingly erratic behaviour” in recent weeks, according to SEN’s Sam Edmund, who believes the Dees have given their four-time club champion an ultimatum., while the Dees haven’t indicated they want to trade Oliver – “unless he makes it impossible to be retained”, per SEN.
The relationship between Oliver and his own club reportedly took a hit this season, primarily over the handling of his multiple injury setbacks and the rehab process.on Thursday reported that “crisis meetings” had been held at the Demons in recent days. This included an update to the board on Wednesday night.
“They have made a series of demands to Oliver that include the need to treat club staff with respect, to treat teammates with respect, prepare the way that he should and to turn up to training in the proper condition.“It can be revealed that Melbourne’s reluctance – which we’ve all been curious about – to squash the frenzied trade talk surrounding the 26-year-old is exclusively due to its exasperation with Oliver’s increasingly erratic behaviour.
Edmund added that Oliver’s qualms with the Dees had been made known to sections of the AFL industry, which then saw rival clubs “smelling blood in the water” – to the point where some were “confident of pulling off an enormous trade coup”.But the SEN reporter added Oliver, in recent days, had shown “some willingness to return to the fold” and conceded his living arrangements and social lifestyle “perhaps haven’t been befitting of an AFL player”.
The report stated Melbourne had “put its arm around Oliver many times”, with the club making it known to the player the relationship must work both ways.
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