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I think your spot on. I was told by a player manager not in the deal that the original Grundy deal was $150k x 5 years the Pies had to pay based on any pick above a first round. I got told that very late on trade deadline Melbourne asked Collingwood after the deal was done if they’d pay most of this $750k upfront for a discount to $600k. The reason for this was they came late for Hunter and didn’t have the funds in 2023 TPP to get him.
Pies then had to delay Mitchell deal till they negotiated the Hawks payment to pies for him. This included the Henry 3 way deal.
The Cats gave the Hawks Cooper Stevens as the sweetener pies lost Henry and 2 x 3rd rounders with the Pies picking up Mitchell plus pick 25 and apparently $325k in Mitchell salary paid by the Hawks in his 2023 salary.
Pies did 3 yr Mitchell deal smoothing over his contract that allowed them to satisfy the Dees request.
Dees get Hunter for a future 3rd ( a steal ) but have to pay his current contract.
Pies apparently pay $600k in Grundys first year contract only.
So the player manager not in the deal told you the original terms which might have been widely known in the industry because collingwood was trying to find a home.
And then late in the trade, when the dealings were between melb and the pies and possibly grundy's manager, the particulars of the final deal were leaked too...
wow is there any confidentiality in any of these dealings?
So what is hunter's contract? ANd how much is Mitchell being paid over 3 years? and how much a year is Grundy being paid over the contract period?