Carlton are the front-runners to secure Sydney free agent Will Hayward as clubs circle out-of-contract Blues forward Jack Martin amid a salary-cap juggle at Ikon Park.
, and has been sought by several clubs including two interstate.
The Blues are eager to land Hayward, who is a restricted free agent because his back-loaded deal landed him in the top 25 per cent of Sydney’s pay earners this year.The Swans might not to have the scope to pay Hayward what he would get from rivals, even including the Blues, who are at the front of a queue for the free-agent forward just ahead of the two South Australian teams and Melbourne.
If he were to leave the Swans, Hayward is open to move to Melbourne and to continue to play for a team in premiership contention. He has no beef with the Swans, who are facing salary-cap pressures, following the re-signings of superstars Errol Gulden and Isaac Heeney, and James Rowbottom and Ollie Florent. Key forward Logan McDonald is in negotiations over a new deal.
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