Hugh Greenwood has shed light on his decision to leave Gold Coast and sign for North Melbourne as a delisted free agent.
The Suns delisted Greenwood last week to “assist the club’s overall list strategy” but committed to re-drafting him later this month.
Greenwood took to social media to strongly defended Gold Coast’s decision after eyebrows were raised at his delisting.
“Still On The Primary List. Still On The Same Contract. Still Been Medically Cleared To Train/Play For Over A Month. Still At The Suns. Still See Everyone Round 1,” Greenwood said on Twitter.
“Was happy to cop the odd clickbait article & social nuff if it meant assisting the club’s overall list strategy.”
Still On The Primary List
— Hugh Greenwood (@HGreenwood3) November 11, 2021
Still On The Same Contract
Still Been Medically Cleared To Train/Play For Over A Month
Still At The Suns
Still See Everyone Round 1
Was happy to cop the odd clickbait article & social nuff if it meant assisting the club’s overall list strategy. :call_me_hand::skin-tone-3:
Suns failed in late scramble to keep Greenwood
But in shock news on Monday, the Kangaroos swooped on the midfielder, luring him to Arden Street on a two-year deal with the option of a third.
Greenwood released a statement detailing the sequence of events that led to his shock exit from the Suns.
“Safe to say that tweet didn’t age well,” Greenwood wrote.
“At the time of my tweet on Thursday everything in it was sincere and true and its intended purpose was to simply put to bed any chatter around my ‘delisting’.
“It was also an opportunity to fully support the footy club’s decision to find ways to make itself better and to highlight the fact it didn’t change our plans of happily living on the GC and being part of the Suns for 2022.
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“However, less than 24 hours after the tweet, North saw an opportunity to give us a call and then 48 to 72 hours after that, with a 5pm DFA deadline approaching on the Monday, both parties agreed on a deal that we felt comfortable enough ticked the many boxes required for us to consider and ultimately move our young family to Melbourne.
“If I’m prepared to put myself out there then I’ve got to be prepared for everything that comes with it and clearly without the right facts and right information this scenario can be seen as a dreadful look.
“However, from what I’ve now learnt and what I hope people can understand is that 24 hours can be a very long time in footy.
“I look forward to thanking the Suns in the coming days, but for now we are excited to see what North Melbourne has in store for our family.”
Gold Coast football manager Wayne Campbell admitted on SEN Drive that the decision to delist the 29-year-old didn’t go to plan.
— Hugh Greenwood (@HGreenwood3) November 15, 2021