Garry Lyon read out the latest trade news from his ‘8:30am’ insider on SEN Breakfast this morning.
The report suggested St Kilda and Adelaide struck an agreement as part of Brad Crouch’s decision to join the Saints in free agency.
That deal will see the Crows take on a pair of Saints players to give salary cap relief and allow St Kilda to pay Crouch enough to grant Adelaide top-bracket compensation.
“St Kilda and the Crows got together for a deal RE: Brad Crouch to ensure Adelaide gets compensation pick number two,” Lyon read on SEN Breakfast.
“The thought is the money was not high enough to give him the compensation.
“Initially the Crouch money fell under the compensation to make it happen, so the Saints bumped up his wage to get the average over $700,000, originally $550,000, which wasn’t enough.
“In turn, the Crows will take both Jimmy Webster and Luke Dunstan in exchange for a set of steak knife, late draft choices.
“The Crows are taking them off St Kilda’s salary cap, hence the upgrade for Crouch and pick two.”
Webster, 27, did not play a game for the Saints in 2020, while Dunstan played one before a season-ending pectoral injury.
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