AFL large Gerard Healy has lashed clubs for openly talking astir poaching young players from the Gold Coast Suns, calling the speculation "borderline embarrassing".
Despite stacking a wealthiness of young endowment done the draught implicit the past fewer years, the Suns person continued to languish successful the bottommost fractional of the ladder, causing galore to judge that different procreation of Suns could soon beryllium headed retired the door.
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The enlargement nine has struggled to clasp its prima endowment since its inception, with erstwhile captains Steven May and Tom Lynch some leaving for large Victorian clubs and winning premierships.
Victorian clubs are present circling astir prima guardant Ben King, with the 21-year-old retired of declaration astatine the extremity of 2022 and yet to motion an extension.
Essendon and St Kilda are the 2 clubs perpetually linked with King, with Saints CEO Matt Finnis precocious speaking astir the club's tendency to reunite King with his duplicate member Max.
However, the changeless speculation astir the Suns stars does not beryllium good with Healy, who suggested that nary different nine is subjected to specified behaviour from its rivals.
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"It's amazing," helium told 3AW's Sportsday.
"I don't perceive anybody from different nine talking astir players from anyplace other different than Gold Coast [discussing] who's connected their radar.
"Nobody is proceeding astir a subordinate astatine Collingwood who is connected a club's radar, it's borderline embarrassing and disrespectful.
"To maine this peculiar 1 … a nine 12 months retired is saying [Ben King] is connected their radar."
Despite starring the Suns with 47 goals this season, King was incapable to unafraid a top-ten decorativeness successful the club's champion and fairest award.
Essendon large Matthew Lloyd, who coached the King twins astatine precocious schoolhouse level, believes St Kilda is assured that it tin reunite the 2 brothers, but besides has reservations connected their acceptable together.
"They some privation to beryllium forwards," helium told AFL Trade Radio.
"The past happening immoderate of those 2 privation is to play astatine centre half-back, and I conscionable wonderment whether 1 of them would person to spell determination - much truthful Ben - due to the fact that immoderate days it wouldn't work.
"I emotion that they've formed their ain identities astatine their ain clubs, alternatively than being heaped successful the aforesaid handbasket arsenic the King brothers."
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