List Mgmt. Re-Signing Jake Lever

For the last time, do you think Jake Lever will re-sign with Adelaide?


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jo172

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I'm not really sympathetic to the Otten side of things -that's the trade off for making your living in an industry which makes its money from public interest. That interest is what fuels the wage level of players.
Except I can go and do the same thing North of the Murray river in relative anonymity where I get to make the same money.
 

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AFL million-dollar-defender-in-waiting Jake Lever has indicated cash won’t shape his decision on where he plays in 2018, and says the delay in his contract talks with Adelaide should not be cause for alarm at West Lakes.

Lever, heir to Richmond’s Alex Rance’s throne as the league’s premier key defender and intercept king, has an approximate market value of $800,000 a year.

Melbourne, Western Bulldogs, Collingwood and Hawthorn are understood to be lining up with five-year deals as clubs prepare to pay big money for stars.

Richmond’s Dustin Martin could earn up to $6m in a six year deal at Punt Rd as club coffers are swelled by a 20 per cent increase in the salary cap following completion of the AFL’s pay deal.

But Lever says no negotiations will be ramped up until manager Ned Guy returns from holidays and is in “no hurry” to commit to the Crows, who selected the 195cm defender with pick 14 at the 2014 national draft.

Not signing by finals eve shouldn’t spook Crows fans, who have seen stars Patrick Dangerfield, Kurt Tippett and Jack Gunston leave in recent years.

“Don’t believe all the stats,” said Lever in relation to players leaving clubs when not signed by Round 18.

Melbourne legend Garry Lyon rates Lever a $1 million commodity.

Adding the 21-yyear-old would arguably launch the Demons to frontline premiership favouritism in 2018.

Lever’s father also is a friend of Bulldogs list manager Jason McCartney.

Adelaide list manager Justin Reid is under pressure find salary cap space to allow him to pay the defender’s price but Lever says it will be a two way discussion

Adelaide skipper Taylor Walker refrained from pursuing a pay increase in committing to the club until 2021 in the hope off-contract pair Mitch McGovern and Lever can be retained at West Lakes.

“I don’t think it is that. We just have to work through a few things and the big thing is when my manager gets back we will be able to talk,” Lever told Radio FiveAA, having previously pointed to collective bargaining agreement negotiations as delaying contract negotiations.

“It’s basically in the same position that it was two weeks ago. My manager is away and gets back in the coming weeks and we will work through things.”

Whether Lever — averaging 16.4 touches per game this season — leaves or remains at West Lakes, he’s indebted to 308-game club stalwart and locker neighbour Scott Thompson, who will retire at season’s end.

“I was privileged to sit next to him nearly every day since I have been here. He is such a loveable character. You look at his preparation and the way he attacks training,” said Lever.

“He has played 308 games and I have played 40, so (I’m) just amazed at how resilient he has been.”

Notice there is nothing from Jake about working with the club, or wanting to stay here.
 

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Tom brown reporting pies now could be willing to offer a mil a year.
Can't blame him for leaving, can't blame the crows for letting him leave
So that makes it Bulldogs, Melbourne and Collingwood who were speculated about going for Lever all in the week leading up to us playing them.

Only Geelong missed out in the past 4 weeks! lulz
 

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I still believe that what happens at the bottom of the table will influence what transpires with Lever. We don't know for sure what is happening. Does Lever have a specific club in mind (we assume so) or would he be happy going to the highest bidding Vic club. If the answer is yes then to ensure that we receive the best possible trade we need Brisbane to end up bottom. Right now the way they are playing North or Carlton might end up bottom and if that happens then we run the chance of getting screwed in any trade negotiations. So right now Iam placing a some focus on watching how Brisbane perform and I praying that Lever wants to go to only one club in Vic.
 

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Tom brown reporting pies now could be willing to offer a mil a year.
Can't blame him for leaving, can't blame the crows for letting him leave
We play Bullies

Lever offered $$$ to move to Bullies

We play Melbourne

Lever offered $$$ to play for Demons

We play Collingwood

Stop me if youve seen this already
 
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