Brisbane CEO Greg Swann has discussed the 12-month plan to lure Essendon forward Joe Daniher to Queensland.
Daniher moved north to the Lions during this year's exchange period after exercising his free agency rights, with the Bombers being compensated with the 7th overall selection to next week's AFL Draft.
Speaking to SENโs Dwayneโs World,ย Swann revealed Daniher has enjoyed his start in Brisbane and revealed how the Lions planned to gain the 26-year-old.
โHeโs fitted in really well. Heโs loving his time in Brisbane at the moment,โ Swann said.
โWe certainly had a discussion when the deal didnโt go through with Sydney last year and we thought thatโs something weโll need to monitor.
โIf the concept was that he wants to go and wants to get into a non-footy state โฆ then we should be putting our hand up.
โWe registered our interest early doors. We were certainly pleased when he got back out and started to play because you always have that doubt about whether this injury will ever get fixed or go away.
โWe had some discussions with his management and followed it through from there.โ
Swann stated his confidence in that Daniher's luckless run of injuries is now behind him.
โWe think heโs over his major issues, our guys here have a fantastic record at getting guys onto the park โ weโve seen that with Lincoln McCarthy and Grant Birchall,โ Swann said.
โWe were really comfortable in the end that we could get him and hopefully get him back to full fitness and playing as good a footy as he did before he got injured.
โThat was the process we went through, and weโre really pleased to have him.โ
