Crows seek fairer trade for Tippett

Sydney's Jesse White during a visit to Adelaide last week. Picture: Sarah Reed. Source: adelaidenow

ADELAIDE is creating salary cap relief for itself - and pain for the Swans - as the Kurt Tippett trade hinges on Sydney paying for Jesse White's move to West Lakes.

The Crows already have an in-principle two-year agreement with White, who is parcelled with Sydney's first-round draft pick (No. 23) for the defecting Tippett.

That trade was to have been lodged with at AFL House in Melbourne late on Friday - until Adelaide chief executive Steven Trigg called back Crows list manager David Noble.

Trigg, who had just returned from his holiday in Europe, took the trade out of the Adelaide and Sydney football departments and into the clubs' highest offices.

The bottom line is the original trade was weighted too heavily in Sydney's favour.

And with the Swans remaining a serious barrier to Adelaide's premiership hopes next season, Trigg demanded his Sydney counterpart Andrew Ireland give the Crows salary cap relief.

Had the original deal stood, Adelaide would have:

ABSORBED White's current contract with the Swans.

CUT a contracted Adelaide player, such as midfielder Richard Tambling.

BURNED as much as $300,000 from its $9.14 million salary cap.

White's arrival at West Lakes would over-subscribe Adelaide's list by one player, requiring a Crow to be cut.

By contrast, Sydney would have gained about $300,000 of salary cap relief for moving on White - and used that money to advance its flag defence. This is clearly against Adelaide's interests.

Trigg's push for Sydney to take on the salary pain of moving White to Adelaide is destined to drag talks to Friday's trade deadline.

"I felt the talks had reached the point where it needed to be chief executive to chief executive to resolve (the trade)," said Trigg yesterday.

Trigg confirmed White remains on Adelaide's wish list even after the Crows traded for Richmond ruckman Angus Graham on Friday.

Noble says Adelaide has sought two players to replace Tippett, who worked as a key forward and back-up ruckman for Sam Jacobs.

Graham serves as insurance with Jacobs.

White is to add more dimension to an Adelaide attack that cannot allow its new No. 1 key forward, Taylor Walker, to be double-teamed by defences.

The 24-year-old Queenslander would join Josh Jenkins and Shaun McKernan as talls forward seeking to work in tandem with Walker.

Adelaide has no other trade in play, so the Crows can push White's salary with the Swans until Friday's deadline.

If the deal is not sealed by then, Tippett will move to the draft pool where Adelaide gets no compensation.

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