De Goey spills on 'stressful' tangle with Magpies

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Jordan De Goey says helium ne'er wanted to permission Collingwood, contempt being presented a lucrative connection from St Kilda, and claims helium is satisfied with the behavioural clauses successful his caller contract.

An off-contract De Goey past period rejected a hopeless St Kilda pursuit and inked a five-year woody with Collingwood, tying himself to the Magpies until the extremity of 2027.

"It's a spot of a stressful play of clip but, astatine the bottommost of my heart, I ever wanted to enactment astatine the Pies," De Goey told reporters connected Wednesday.

"At the extremity of the day, it was bully to get the woody done.

"I deliberation we person a truly good, emerging list, and I americium conscionable blessed to beryllium a portion of it."

One hurdle successful the declaration talks was Collingwood's insistence connected behavioural clauses.

In October 2021, De Goey was arrested successful New York and charged with forcible touching and battle pursuing an incidental successful a nightclub. Those charges were downgraded and helium was recovered blameworthy of a harassment violation, which is not considered a crime.

The 26-year-old was engulfed successful different contention connected a travel to Bali during the mid-season bye, which led to the Magpies withdrawing their archetypal declaration offer.

De Goey and Collingwood got successful a tangle implicit behavioural clauses erstwhile declaration talks resumed, but they yet agreed to behavioural clauses for the archetypal 2 years of his caller deal.

De Goey rejects Magpies clauses

"It was a small spot of a sticking constituent determination for a portion determination but, astatine the extremity of the day, we some benignant of agreed what was champion for maine and besides for the footy club, and we worked to get thing that was bully for some of us," De Goey said.

In shunning St Kilda, De Goey re-committed to a nine that had drafted him successful 2014.

In 137 AFL games arsenic a Magpie, he's booted 173 goals and averaged 18 disposals per match.

"We had a batch of interviews, meetings, benignant of did each the owed protocols to effort and get the champion knowing of what it would beryllium similar if I went there," De Goey said of his St Kilda talks.

"But, similar I said astatine the start, I was beauteous blessed staying a Pie and I didn't privation to leave."

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