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Jordan Lewis set to join Melbourne after rejecting move to Gold Coast as part of Jaeger O’Meara deal
MARK ROBINSON and JAY CLARK, Herald Sun
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EXCLUSIVE: HAWTHORN vice-captain Jordan Lewis has rejected a proposed move to the Gold Coast to help facilitate the Jaeger O’Meara trade and could be a Melbourne player by the end of Monday.
The Herald Sun revealed on Sunday Lewis has been offered a three-year deal by Melbourne and sources say the midfielder has mentally committed to the Demons.
Hawthorn said on Friday Lewis won’t be traded, but the club has changed its mind and will facilitate the trade to help extend Lewis’s glittering career.
Hawthorn wingman Billy Hartung could also be on the move to Brisbane along with utility Brendan Whitecross in a bid to clinch the trade for Gold Coast star Jaeger O’Meara.
The Hawks offered Hartung, 21 and Whitecross, 26, to the Lions in exchange for pick No. 21.
Hawthorn hope to swap picks No. 21 and No. 10 to the Suns for O’Meara.
Lewis, 30, has one year left on his Hawthorn contract, but wants to play under Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin, who he has already had discussions with.
Melbourne is eager to snare Lewis to help bolster its leadership stocks but the Demons may only be prepared to offer pick No.66 or even No.84 for Lewis.
The savvy on-baller’s next move is to officially request a trade and sources say that could be done on Monday.
In a stunning period of developments at the Hawks, Lewis’s name was proposed to Gold Coast and it’s understood the Suns were prepared to pay Lewis more than what Demons plan to.
The Hawks on Friday traded away a future first-round pick and two second-round picks to secure St Kilda’s No.10 pick, which they hope will help satisfy Gold Coast’s demands for O’Meara.
A leading player manager on Saturday labelled the trade as “one of the worst’’ he has seen.