Suns table monster deal in bid to land Hardwick

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The Gold Coast Suns are reportedly prepared to connection erstwhile Richmond premiership manager Damien Hardwick a monster five-year woody to manager the club.

According to The Age, Suns CEO Mark Evans is flying to Europe to conscionable with Hardwick, who is presently connected holiday.

A elder nine subordinate confirmed to The Age that the Suns had contacted Hardwick to canvass his involvement successful the role, which is vacant aft the sacking of Stuart Dew earlier this year.

Eddie McGuire told 9News Melbourne that it's nary astonishment Hardwick has been linked to the Suns, with a multitude of their prima players nether the aforesaid management.

Hardwick stepped down arsenic Tigers manager successful mid-May. (Getty)

"It's absorbing ... immoderate of the biggest names connected the database astatine the Gold Coast Suns; (Noah) Anderson, (Ben) King, (Rory) Atkins, (Ben) Ainsworth and a fewer others are each portion of the Paul Connors Sports unchangeable ... each hap to beryllium successful the aforesaid unchangeable arsenic that man, Damien Hardwick," helium said.

"There's been a agelong transportation betwixt the Gold Coast Suns and the large players astatine Paul Connors Sports.

"It means there's surely communications betwixt players who they privation to support astatine the Gold Coast and the fig 1 disposable coach."

McGuire praised Hardwick for stepping distant from his relation astatine Richmond "at the close time", believing helium is present acceptable to re-enter the coaching industry.

"He said helium hasn't mislaid his passionateness for the game. He astir apt near the Tigers astatine the close time," helium said.

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"This bloke Damien Hardwick is perfectly the fig 1 disposable manager to beryllium got."

Gold Coast's bid to onshore Hardwick comes aft helium made the daze determination to locomotion distant from Richmond successful mid-May, saying he "couldn't springiness 100 per cent" to the job.

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"He's present successful Italy astatine the infinitesimal ... he's loosened his caput a spot and he's acceptable to go, I deliberation that volition beryllium the woody to close," McGuire said.

"They had to hold a small spot of clip to fto the each the particulate settee astatine the Gold Coast and present they're going to get stuck into it."

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