Fremantle is unlikely to look at trading Sean Darcy this year and could even lock him away for a few more seasons.
That is according to SEN’s Tom Morris who is suggesting that the Dockers are looking to extend the 24-year-old ruckman who comes out of contract at the end of 2024.
On the back of Freo’s win over Melbourne at the MCG on Saturday, Kane Cornes floated the idea that the Dockers should look to trade Darcy given Luke Jackson’s emergence.
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With that notion in mind, Morris prompted Cornes for his views on the Darcy-Jackson situation.
“Over the weekend you discussed Sean Darcy who becomes a free agent at the end of next year,” Morris said on SEN Breakfast.
“For those who missed it, your view on his position at Fremantle?”
Cornes replied: “I just think - and I said this before the trade - what does the trade for Luke Jackson mean for Sean Darcy?
“It means that he would feel threatened, I think. Despite his form being really good, Luke Jackson is a ruckman. We saw that on the weekend that his best football is as a ruckman.
“They’ve committed to him, that’s the future. What does it mean for Darcy? Could Fremantle look to take him for a first-round pick and inject some more talent through the midfield?”
Morris says Fremantle is not about to use its 2021 best and fairest Darcy as trade bait and in fact want to extend his deal out beyond 2024.
“Well, I can tell you this morning that not only will Fremantle not trade him this year, but they are trying to extend him beyond next year,” he added.
“So they see him as part of their future beyond his free agency year in 2024.
“If they’re trying to extend him, they don’t want to trade him anytime soon.”
Cornes added: “I think there’s an opportunity to at least look at that (trading him).
“They’d be negligent if they didn’t do that and look at what offers are out there for him at the end of this year.”
Darcy has previously been linked to Geelong, given he grew up in nearby Cobden and was drafted out of the Geelong Falcons.
However, his manager Scott Lucas recently responded to reports of a possible Darcy departure on SEN, indicating his client would be going nowhere anytime soon.
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Darcy suffered a hamstring injury in his side’s win over the Demons and will undergo scans early this week.
The Dockers, who sit ninth with a 6-5 record, will enjoy their bye in Round 12.