AFL: Melbourne Demons president Kate Roffey has defended the club and insists there will be no standoff with injured star Christian Petracca.
The Melbourne Football Club and Christian Petracca have been labelled “farcical” for their handling of recent off-field issues - despite a club statement on Saturday night confirming the 28-year-old won’t be leaving the Demons this off-season., veteran journalist Damian Barrett believes the management from Petracca and the Demons camp over his concerns has been nothing short of nonsensical; notwithstanding Melbourne ’s efforts to put an end to all conjecture.
“I love my footy - it remains my number one priority and always has been. As for my future at the Melbourne Football Club, I remain committed to playing for the red and the blue.” - Melbourne FC “And this is the circus that unfolded in the past two or three weeks, as Christian himself chose to let this play out in a very, very public media sense. The realities of it are, there were five years remaining of a contract, and the delusional element of this whole saga was partially driven by Christian himself.
Co-panellist Nathan Brown then posed the theory that Petracca is in fact only staying at the Demons as there were no legitimate takers that could satisfy all parties involved.“I fully acknowledge the trauma that Christian Petracca has been through physically and more so mentally, from the King’s Birthday hit from Darcy Moore – I get all that, and it’s a major part of where his thought processes are.
“You can also look at Christian’s management as well, because anyone you speak to in this space says you don’t use this action, or go this nuclear unless you know a deal can get done. “My reading of this is this was all Christian driven, and people around Christian-driven before even got to the management,” Barrett stated.
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