Collingwood GM of Football Geoff Walsh remains “very confident” they’ll re-sign star trio Jordan De Goey, Darcy Moore and Brody Mihocek.
Talks were put on hold due to COVID-19 earlier this year, but even as the contract freeze was lifted, all three of the important Magpies remain unsigned.
Walsh said he’d heard nothing to suggest any of the trio would want to look elsewhere, saying Collingwood fans shouldn’t be worried about losing any of their big-name players.
“I’d be very confident that those boys are going to re-sign and stay,” he said on AFL Nation.
“We certainly want that to happen and made all those noises towards them and they’ve given us nothing back to say otherwise.
“I think our fans and people can be confident of retaining those three people.
“(The uncertainty over list sizes) doesn’t hold us up (on those deals) but our manager Ned Guy is probably taking an educated guess on what the (list size) figure will be.
“I think it’s safe to say they’ll be some sort of reduction but as the weeks go by, it seems that figure is diminishing and not be as much as we all thought.”
Walsh called on the AFL to make a decision on the make up of playing sizes for 2021, with AFL Nation’s Anthony Hudson saying on Saturday that he believes lists would comprise of 38 players plus rookies next year.
“There’s no doubt (the uncertainty) becomes an inhibiting factor,” he said.
“We need to get the list sizes organised, we’ve now got 10 clubs who have finished their seasons and yet they don’t know with any certainty how many they’re going to have on their list and how much money they’re going to have to spend.
“It does inhibit trade and list discussions, so we are a little bit in the dark at the moment."