Warning: session_start(): open(/home/ctrlf/public_html/src/var/sessions/sess_1e24bce1c2f39e1ebeb66faa2011bd52, O_RDWR) failed: Disk quota exceeded (122) in /home/ctrlf/public_html/src/bootstrap.php on line 59

Warning: session_start(): Failed to read session data: files (path: /home/ctrlf/public_html/src/var/sessions) in /home/ctrlf/public_html/src/bootstrap.php on line 59
Star 'cried' after coach call inspired late trade - CtrlF.XYZ

Star 'cried' after coach call inspired late trade

2 years ago 127

Jaeger O'Meara has revealed helium cried aft being traded from Hawthorn to Fremantle connected Wednesday night.

But the prized midfielder besides says the information Hawks manager Sam Mitchell was "not begging" him to enactment helped propulsion him done the exit doors.

O'Meara was among 1 of 8 deals finalised successful a chaotic past 90 minutes of the commercialized period, with the 28-year-old penning a four-year woody with Fremantle.

The imaginable of O'Meara departing Hawthorn didn't originate until helium attended the wedding of GWS co-captain Stephen Coniglio connected Saturday.

But erstwhile the Dockers caught upwind of the Western Australian discussing a commercialized to the Giants, the nine swooped.

"It was a unusual infinitesimal erstwhile the woody went done yesterday," O'Meara said connected Thursday.

"There was a batch of excitement astir that, but I cried a small spot due to the fact that you're leaving truthful galore bully radical behind.

"It came truly abruptly for me, truthful you don't get to accidental goodbye to those people. I've got a batch of adjacent friends wrong and extracurricular footy successful Melbourne that I person to accidental goodbye to.

"It's been a small spot bittersweet for me, but I woke up this morning, the prima was shining and it felt truly bully to beryllium home.

"It's not often you lone person 48 hours to determine what you're doing with your beingness for the adjacent 4 years, but present we are and I'm truly blessed to beryllium astatine Freo."

In a woody with Hawthorn, Fremantle received O'Meara and a aboriginal fourth-round pick.

The Hawks attained emerging ruckman Lloyd Meek and a aboriginal second-round selection, and volition wage a information of O'Meara's 2023 salary.

Lloyd's AFL commercialized wrap

O'Meara has arrived astatine Fremantle aft playing 44 games with the Gold Coast Suns and 99 matches with Hawthorn.

"I went to furniture that nighttime with my caput racing and woke up the adjacent greeting and had to bash a just spot of owed diligence and thinking," O'Meara said of the last nighttime of the commercialized period.

"The discussions with Sam were that this tin perchance enactment for some parties if you'd similar to research it.

"But past helium besides said that if you determine not to spell down this track, you'll beryllium invited with unfastened arms if you bash privation to travel back.

"For me, him not begging maine to enactment astir apt painted a small representation of wherever I was astatine and wherever I acceptable into that team. I felt that was a bully motion that I should research this option."

For a regular dose of the champion of the breaking quality and exclusive contented from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!