Pies great hits out amid Grundy trade madness

Collingwood large Mick McGuane is 1 of galore scratching his caput astatine the reported Brodie Grundy trade.

Despite being contracted until the extremity of the 2027 season, Collingwood appears adamant connected offloading the two-time All-Australian large man.

Collingwood's rationale appears to beryllium a bid to wide salary-cap space, with database brag Graham Wright not keen connected having a reported $1 milllion per twelvemonth tied to Grundy connected apical of having some Darcy Cameron and Mason Cox connected the books.

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The Brodie Grundy commercialized play has stunned Collingwood icon Mick McGuane. (Getty)

However, McGuane fears that Cameron and Cox whitethorn not beryllium capable to clasp up without Grundy successful the agelong term.

"Watching purely from a shot perspective, I consciousness it's the crushed Collingwood wasn't successful a expansive final," McGuane said of Grundy's absence.

"I was determination unrecorded and the tract presumption of Cox and Cameron successful wide play, their competitiveness astir the centre and secondary bounces — it was the constituent of quality and Sydney got them (in the preliminary final).

"It comes backmost to the wage cap, but the guys who travel successful volition person a outgo and helium is taking a wage chopped to get to Melbourne.

From left: Brodie Grundy, Jordan De Goey and Josh Daicos. (Getty)

"If you privation to stay, are you blessed to instrumentality a wage chopped here? Whether the speech took place, who knows?

"If you accidental you are a Collingwood idiosyncratic and person signed a semipermanent deal, possibly that question is casual to answer."

Grundy has been wide linked with Melbourne, who connected Monday mislaid rising ruckman Luke Jackson to Fremantle.

In January 2020, Grundy inked a seven-year woody with Collingwood said to beryllium worthy $7 million.

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