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CibbuanoFevola traded to Lions
October 9th 2009 00:37
CARLTON has traded wayward spearhead Brendan Fevola to Brisbane.
The Blues offloaded the Coleman Medallist and pick 27 for key position prospect Lachlan Hendenson and the Lions' first-round pick - number 12 overall.
Brisbane had offered Daniel Bradshaw and Michael Rischitelli in a straight swap for Fevola but the deal fell through when Rischitelli rejected a move to Visy Park.
With Fevola, Bradshaw and skipper Jonathan Brown up forward, the Lions will have potentially the most damaging attack in the AFL.
It is understood Fevola has signed a three-year deal with Brisbane worth just over $2 million.
The two clubs have entered into an agreement regarding Fevola's new deal but it is unknown whether the Blues are required to subsidise it.
Fevola, who had two years to run on his contract with Carlton, was entitled to payments in the order of $550,000 next season and up to $800,000 the following year
Trading the 28-year-old sees the Blues get back into the first-round of the national draft after they gave pick 11 to Melbourne for midfielder Brock McLean.
There was no doubting Fevola's talent as he kicked 575 goals in 197 games at Carlton and earned two Coleman Medals but the club finally grew tired of his poor off-field behaviour following his drunken antics at last month's Brownlow Medal count.
Henderson, a key position player that is capable of playing at either end of the ground, was taken with pick eight in the 2007 national draft and played 15 games for the Lions.
The Blues offloaded the Coleman Medallist and pick 27 for key position prospect Lachlan Hendenson and the Lions' first-round pick - number 12 overall.
Brisbane had offered Daniel Bradshaw and Michael Rischitelli in a straight swap for Fevola but the deal fell through when Rischitelli rejected a move to Visy Park.
With Fevola, Bradshaw and skipper Jonathan Brown up forward, the Lions will have potentially the most damaging attack in the AFL.
It is understood Fevola has signed a three-year deal with Brisbane worth just over $2 million.
The two clubs have entered into an agreement regarding Fevola's new deal but it is unknown whether the Blues are required to subsidise it.
Fevola, who had two years to run on his contract with Carlton, was entitled to payments in the order of $550,000 next season and up to $800,000 the following year
Trading the 28-year-old sees the Blues get back into the first-round of the national draft after they gave pick 11 to Melbourne for midfielder Brock McLean.
There was no doubting Fevola's talent as he kicked 575 goals in 197 games at Carlton and earned two Coleman Medals but the club finally grew tired of his poor off-field behaviour following his drunken antics at last month's Brownlow Medal count.
Henderson, a key position player that is capable of playing at either end of the ground, was taken with pick eight in the 2007 national draft and played 15 games for the Lions.
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