Western Bulldogs president Peter Gordon is entirely confident his club and Collingwood will work out the financial aspect of Adam Treloar’s contract.
The two clubs are yet to determine who will be paying what percentage of the midfielder’s five-year contract after a trade was worked out on deadline day.
SEN Chief Reporter Sam Edmund reported last week that the two clubs were haggling over as much as $300,000 of Treloar’s contract per year.
Gordon however is comfortable with where things sit.
“It’s hardly as if you can be documenting each exchange in triplicate when there’s three minutes to go and you’re trying to do deals,” Gordon told SEN Mornings.
“It’s one thing to argue that critique about detail and another thing to look at the achievement of all parties that it actually got done under the pressure that was achieved.
“I think it is a mistake especially for young players to try and blitz the trade period. You make mistakes if you go in with the idea of humiliating the other side and knocking it out of the park.
“I think that a slow and steady approach to building your list is important and the ability to say no is important.
“I think all of those things came to the fore. The trade got made, it was a good trade and in everyone’s interest.
“When you’ve got clubs like the Bulldogs and Collingwood, we’ve got a very good relationship from the president down in each club, we understand each other’s problems, we understand the sort of inconsistencies that go on.
“We’ll sort out the detail with Collingwood in relation to that and we’ll all get on with our lives.
“I think people just need to understand it’s the industry.
“It’s not (resolved yet), but it will be. You’ve got two clubs that respect each other and a player both clubs respect … and a deal got done in extraordinary circumstances and sensible heads will prevail and we’ll do a deal.”