Why footy’s biggest recluse Adam Goodes is causing concern after being named to receive one of the sport’s highest honours

•  Goodes will be named in Football Hall of Fame
•  Legend cut all ties with AFL after he retired in 2015
•  Goodes was booed relentlessly in his final seasons

Sydney Swans legend Adam Goodes has continued to shun the AFL limelight and has rejected an offer to be inducted into the NSW Australian Football Hall of Fame.

The NSW Australian Football Hall of Fame unveiled its first roll call of inaugural inductees, headlined by fellow Swans icons Paul Kelly, Tony Lockett and Brett Kirk – but Goodes knocked back the offer.

‘Adam is a great champion and leader of our game who made an immeasurable impact on Australian rules football in NSW,’ a spokesperson for AFL NSW/ACT said.

‘AFL NSW/ACT has reached out to Adam regarding the NSW…