Crows, Dees, Lions three-way trade on the cards?

Could this end up being the deal that sees Jake Lever become a Demon and Charlie Cameron a Lion?

Adelaide has stood firm in its request for two first-round picks in exchange for Lever, who was named in the 40-man All-Australian squad this season, and are hesitant to send Cameron up north, but there is a deal that is being mooted that may see both players get to their preferred destinations and give the Crows the picks they are after.

In the proposed deal, Adelaide would gain Melbourne’s 1st round picks this year and next year, as well as a second round pick this year for losing Lever and Cameron. Brisbane would gain Cameron, but hand over either pick 18 or 19 this year to Melbourne, while the Demons would land their man in Lever, as well as pick 18 or 19, but cough up two first-round and one second-round pick.

SEN’s List Manager Terry Wallace said that on the surface the deal works well for all three clubs.

“It sounds like it would work,” he said on The Run Home.

“If there needs to be a back end third or fourth round (pick) just to round the points off (it could work).

“Everyone gets a win out of that. You’ve got what you want from an Adelaide point of view – you didn’t have to give ground, which was pretty important to them.

“They were going to lose Charlie Cameron in 12 months anyway, so what is the point of going through that process and Melbourne have had to step up, but at least they are getting something back as well.”

Cameron is contracted until the end of 2018.