Trade Whispers: Saints young gun eyed by rivals; no.1 Devils target revealed in $15m mega plot
‘Money that he’s not on’: Rivals eye young gun as Saints spending dilemma emerges — Whispers
"Former first-round pick Darcy Wilson remains unsigned beyond this season at St Kilda, and after the Saints spent big on an array of talent last year, Wilson is reportedly “going to let this play out”.
Pick 18 in the 2023 national draft, the 20-year-old Wilson’s rookie contract will expire this year, and amid some hot form to start the season, his value is only going to increase.
Nine’s Damian Barrett reports that “other clubs are coming” for the midfield utility, with Seven’s Mitch Cleary last week tipping North Melbourne to be one of those keen sides.
“He’s got no desire, at this stage, to work out what he wants to do in 2027 just yet,” Barrett said on Nine’s Footy Classified.
“He’s going to let this play out. There’s a lot of interest in him; he’s known this now for the best part of 18 months, that other clubs are coming for him. St Kilda’s known this too … he is a player they want to keep.
“But, he’s a smart young man — he knows what money is now being offered to players that he’s playing with … he knows the players who have been with him at St Kilda are on money that he’s not on.
“He, obviously, is aware of that, and wants to line up his wage with those wages.”
It was revealed last week that Mattaes Phillipou is set to earn $1 million per year in 2027 and 2028, so Wilson, who’s further along in his development than Phillipou, would surely be eyeing at least that figure.
Last week, Cleary said the Saints needed to “worry about keeping their own”, before noting that the Kangaroos were eyeing pacey types.
“The Roos have got all the money in the world … They (the Saints) are throwing money at everyone, well they’ve got to worry about their own backyard … watch this space on this man (Wilson), the Roos going hard for some outside speed in Darcy Wilson,” he said on Channel Seven last week.
St Kilda signed Tom De Koning
PLAYERCARDSTART
21
Tom De Koning
- Age
- 26
- Ht
- 201cm
- Wt
- 102kg
- Pos.
- Ruck
Career
Season
Last 5
- D
- 8.0
- 2star
- K
- 3.0
- 1star
- HB
- 5.0
- 4star
- CL
- 0.5
- 2star
- HO
- 1.5
- 4star
No current season stats available
- D
- 8.0
- 2star
- K
- 3.0
- 1star
- HB
- 5.0
- 4star
- CL
- 0.5
- 3star
- HO
- 1.5
- 5star
PLAYERCARDEND
PLAYERCARDSTART
3
Jack Silvagni
- Age
- 28
- Ht
- 194cm
- Wt
- 92kg
- Pos.
- D/F
Career
Season
Last 5
- D
- 11.0
- 3star
- K
- 7.1
- 3star
- HB
- 3.8
- 3star
- M
- 3.8
- 4star
- T
- 2.9
- 4star
- MG
- 176.9
- 3star
- D
- 5.3
- 1star
- K
- 4.0
- 1star
- HB
- 1.3
- 1star
- M
- 1.7
- 2star
- T
- 0.7
- 1star
- MG
- 91.0
- 2star
- D
- 9.2
- 3star
- K
- 6.2
- 3star
- HB
- 3.0
- 3star
- M
- 3.4
- 4star
- T
- 2.8
- 5star
- MG
- 131.4
- 3star
PLAYERCARDEND
Nothing said about us, but we all know that we were interested in him at the draft.








