AFL club Collingwood blames the exit of ‘heartbroken’ star Adam Treloar on his netball player WIFE – saying she was the catalyst for his move
Collingwood Magpies blames departure of AFL star Adam Treloar on his wife
Kim Ravaillon signed with Super Netball club Queensland Firebirds for 2021
Collingwood concerned Treloar wouldn’t cope being apart from wife and baby
List manager says move wouldn’t have gone ahead if Kim remained in Victoria
Collingwood boss Eddie McGuire addressed saga on his radio show on Friday
AFL club Collingwood has sensationally blamed the disappointing departure of one of its star players on his professional netball player wife.
There was rampant speculation about Adam Treloar’s future during the AFL trade period after his wife Kim Ravaillon signed with Super Netball club Queensland Firebirds for next year.
The Magpies sought a possible trade with a Queensland club for their star midfielder so he wouldn’t be separated from his wife, who is planning to take their baby daughter Georgie with her.
Despite Treloar’s wishes to remain at Collingwood and see out the remaining five years of his contract, he was traded to the Western Bulldogs in a last minute deal on the final day of the trade period on Thursday night.
Collingwood list manager Ned Guy has since claimed the Magpies wouldn’t have considered moving Treloar if his wife hadn’t decided to move north.
‘We had some conversations with Adam and (his manager) Tim [Hazell] originally around whether his family was going to move to Queensland and whether he wanted to do that and it evolved from having that conversation to he thought he’d look at another opportunity,’ Guy told Fox Footy.
He said the move wouldn’t have been considered if Treloar’s wife continued her netball career in Victoria.
‘That was the catalyst for the discussion. We wouldn’t have looked to have that discussion… it wouldn’t have evolved from that, I wouldn’t have thought, no,’ Guy added.
However, Treloar wasn’t even sent to a Queensland club near his wife as neither Brisbane nor Gold Coast expressed interest in taking on his whopping contract worth $800,000 a season.
It’s understood Treloar only met with Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge this week.
