Fremantle are hoping a Collingwood post-premiership slide can improve their deal for Lachie Schultz as they name their price for the wantaway forward.
The Dockers were left blindsided by Schultz’s trade request, but it appears they are getting serious about what they want the Pies to give up for the star.
The Herald Sun reports Freo are targeting Collingwood’s future first-round pick, which would see them ride the Magpies’ season next year — hoping they tumble down the ladder and climb up the draft order — 12 months after winning the flag.
The Pies currently have picks 19 and 33 in this year’s draft but if the Pies fall off after their flag, like Geelong did this year, the Dockers could end up with a pick inside the top-10 next year.
The last time Collingwood traded a future first-round pick it cost the club pick two in 2021 as the Magpies sunk to second-last on the ladder.
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