Chad Wingard won’t be at Port Adelaide in 2019 as his relationship with the club turns “toxic”, according to a report.
News Corp’s Sam Edmund has told SEN:
“Chad Wingard, this is another it will happen job.
“Chad Wingard will get there, the Power want two first rounders but it’s become toxic with Chad.
“He is not going to go back to Port Adelaide and he is going to get to Hawthorn.”
Meanwhile Port Adelaide list manager Jason Cripps has revealed the club believed Wingard would “explore opportunities” when he became a free agent next year.
“We’ve taken players from other clubs,” Cripps told Trade Radio. “We took Paddy Ryder and Charlie Dixon etc. Our philosophy is that it creates opportunities. Obviously the deal needs to be right.
“Chad’s a free agent in 12 months time. We’ve got enough information to think that Chad was going to explore opportunities in 12 months time. You’ve then got to weigh up in terms of what that compensation may look like in 12 months time as opposed to what you may get now.
“We’ve just to got to work through it, meet with [Hawthorn footy GM] Graham Wright today. We’ll see what happens.”
Port Adelaide list manager Jason Cripps gives some insight into the possible Chad Wingard/Ryan Burton trade at the PWC @Connors_Sports Breakfast.
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