Gold Coast forward Izak Rankine has been heavily linked with a move to Adelaide.
SEN SA’s Michelangelo Rucci claims the Crows will make Rankine their highest paid player if he does depart the Suns.
Rucci has reported that Adelaide is prepared to offer the 22-year-old up to $900,000 a season - $250,000 more than what Gold Coast have tabled.
Rankine remains unsigned with the Suns beyond 2022.
Brownlow Medallist Gerard Healy is worried Rankine could be being poorly advised by his manager.
Healy and Sportsday co-host Sam McClure discussed the out-of-contract Sun’s future and Adelaide’s reported offer.
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McClure: “He can’t go, can he?”
Healy: “I would hope not. I’ve got a bad feeling his manager is going to pull him in the wrong direction.”
McClure: “On paper it just looks like a terrible move leaving.”
Healy: “It does to me.”
McClure: “With what they (Gold Coast) are building and with where he is – and his brother’s moved over from Adelaide to live with him, so he’s got family there.”
Healy: “It makes no sense.”
McClure: “He’s going to get well paid.”
Healy: “He’s going to get more than well paid.
“It’s a baffling one and it’s very disappointing for those who have put so much time into him.
“A lot of his peers have signed up and it was all in it together. Let’s hope it stays that way.”
Rankine, a product out of SANFL club West Adelaide, has kicked 55 goals in 47 games for the Suns.