Geelong football boss Andrew Mackie knows his club has had offers for Charlie Curnow and Rowan Marshall knocked back, but they’re still keen to bring both to the club.
Mackie confirmed the Blues had knocked back the Cats’ offer of three first-round picks for Curnow this morning, while earlier in the week the Saints rejected an offer of a first-round pick for Marshall.
Toby Nankervis of the Tigers and Rowan Marshall of the Saints contest the ruck in August.Credit: Getty Images
Both players have multi-year deals with their present clubs.
“[There’s] not much is happening today to be honest,” Mackie told AFL Trade Radio.
He said the Cats were still pursuing trades for both players despite using pick 19 in both rejected offers.
“We’ve never been out of the pursuit, it is just about what a deal would look like. We want to bring Rowan in,” Mackie said.
“We are not sure what a deal looks like to St Kilda, but we want to be in the conversation.
“We are going to have a crack to bring both of them in. We went to the Saints first out of respect for Rowan wanting to come here.
“[If those deals don’t happen] we have always been lovers of the draft, so if we have to go to the draft with those picks we will.”
Gryan Miers takes a mark in May.Credit: Getty Images
Mackie said he still wasn’t certain what the Saints wanted in exchange for Marshall, but said talks would continue.
Mackie said he didn’t want to include any current players, despite conjecture Gryan Miers could be included in a deal for Curnow.
But he didn’t completely dismiss the prospect of including a player in a late offer.
“We love the players we have,” Mackie said.
“We have a cohesive, united group who want to go one better than they did this year. All signs are really positive, post the grand final. We couldn’t ask for a better group to got to work every day and get better.”
