Mitch McGovern’s manager Colin Young has officially announced his client would like to become a Blue in 2019.
While no secret that Carlton was the frontrunner, Young confirmed the news today.
“He had a medical with the Carlton Football Club yesterday and it went fairly well and I know they had a meeting this morning and so Carlton’s his choice," Young told SEN's Whateley.
“I know that’s been around the media, but he needed to have the medical first and get everything else right and get the contracts right before we could tick things off.”
“We will be trying to work with Adelaide and Carlton to get a suitable trade done.”
McGovern requested a trade from the Crows with Young previous stating his faith in the club “waned” over the course of the year.
Young also rubbished claims that McGovern is leaving the Crows for monetary gain.
“I know that Kane Cornes and Malcolm Blight and a few blokes in Adelaide have said he’s absolutely leaving for money,” he said.
“If he was going to leave for money, he would’ve got an extra million dollars to go to Fremantle last year so that’s just rubbish.”
“He’s on a very good contract at the Crows, it’s extremely good, so it’s definitely not about the money.”
“His contract from Carlton will be much similar to the one he’s on at Adelaide, it’s more about the post code where he wants to live.”
“It’ll be somewhere between three and five years, it should be through after this morning’s meeting.”