Trade talk: Victorian powerhouse linked to gettable Cats star

Geelong’s Gryan Miers is seen as gettable by rival clubs this off-season, according to SEN’s Tom Morris.

Miers suffered a partial tear of his ACL earlier this year, and while he was forced to miss four weeks of footy with the injury, he returned to the senior side in Round 10 before being managed after the loss to Adelaide in Round 13.

He’s since played three VFL games, racking up 27 disposals a game in those fixtures, but has failed to break back into the Cats’ senior side.

With Miers clearly wanting to play top-level footy, Morris says rival clubs think he ‘is on the move at the end of the year’, and while Geelong won’t shop him around, he believes the club is open to a trade despite the classy ball-user being contracted until the end of the 2028 season.

“The view from other clubs is that he is on the move at the end of the year and is open to more opportunities elsewhere, and Geelong is open to that deal,” Morris reported on Channel 7's Agenda Setters.

“Now the Cats won’t say that because they want his price to be as high as possible at the trade table.

“There are clubs looking at him, very confident they can get him out of Geelong.”

Responding to Morris’ report, the newsbreaker was asked by an SEN Breakfast caller whether Melbourne could target the 27-year-old given coach Steven King’s links to Geelong and Miers as a former assistant.

While Morris wouldn’t be shocked if the Dees made a move, he named another Melbourne club as the only real suitor he’s heard for Miers’ services so far.

“The only club I've heard linked to Gryan Miers is Carlton. So that's the one to watch,” Morris said on SEN Breakfast.

“But it (Melbourne targeting him with the Steven King connection) wouldn't surprise me because senior coaches have these relationships with players and they often utilise them down the track, don't they?”