Beams trade talks with Lions over: Pies
Collingwood insist Dayne Beamsâ hopes of playing for Brisbane in 2015 are officially over.
The AFL trade period doesnât finish until Thursday, but the Magpies had set the Lions a deadline of 5pm AEDT on Friday to broker a deal for Beams.
The Lionsâ offer of picks No.5 and No.25 was knocked back.
Beams is contracted to the Magpies next season, but requested a trade as he wanted to play alongside brother Claye at the Lions.
âNegotiations with Brisbane have ceased,â Collingwood claimed in a statement.
âThe club remains open to offers from other clubs for Dayne, if that is his wish.
âIf not, at the conclusion of the trade period the club will look to sit down with Dayne to prepare for the 2015 season.â
The statement added that the Lions âpursued the contracted 24-year-old All-Australian midfielder but, ultimately, didnât value him as Collingwood doesâ.
The two clubs have been butting heads since Beams made his initial request over two weeks ago.
Lions recruiting chief Peter Schwab admitted earlier on Friday there was a definite impasse.
âAt the moment, theyâre not shifting and thereâs not much we can do. ⌠We hope with a bit more time they may, but our deal is still on the table and remains on the table,â Schwab told AFL Trade Radio.
âWe canât do anything more, we canât add to it.
âWe wonât change it. We think itâs as good as we can possibly do.â
Essendon and Port Adelaide also remain deadlocked over gun ruckman Paddy Ryder.
Ryder is contracted to the Bombers until the end of 2016 season, but wants out due to the clubâs supplements scandal.
Ryderâs manager Paul Connors suggested on radio station 3AW that his client could retire if the Bombers donât budge.
âHeâs not going back to Essendon at all,â Connors said.
âThe last two years ⌠(have) been really hard and difficult on him.
âI think he feels let down by the club.
âThe sad thing is if this doesnât end up well Paddy could be lost to football.â
Fridayâs only trade featured Joel Patfull, a two-time best and fairest winner at Brisbane, joining Greater Western Sydney.
The two sides completed the trade on Friday, with GWS handing over pick No.21 for key defender Patfull.
The Lions will next week use that draft selection to recruit Geelongâs Allen Christensen, provided he passes a medical test.
A deal is also imminent for Melbourneâs retired ruck-forward Mitch Clark to become a Cat, while former Melbourne captain Jack Trengove is reportedly considering a move to Richmond.
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