It could be just me but how I interpret the rise in pay for a year is simply he looks more likely to request a trade at the end of 2025 but the Swans know they're in premiership mode so they've offerred him a pay rise for next year to intice him to ask for a trade at the end of 2025 and not 2024.
Yeah I’m not sure I see how this makes any sense at all? Why would Sydney pay someone they expect to leave in a year more when they don’t have to, especially when there’s zero obligation to trade him this year even if he asks? That’s just a waste of salary cap, Swans already have him under contract for next year