Essendon's Joe Daniher says he is "comfortable" where he is, following continuing speculation linking the Bombers forward with a move to Sydney.
The rumours began circulating after Daniher was spotted having lunch with Sydney CEO Tom Harley earlier in the year.
โObviously thereโs a lot in the media, which Iโm not privy to because I donโt spend a lot of time reading newspapers or watching TV,โ Daniher told theย Herald Sun.
โBut Iโm comfortable. Iโve made some comments, the football club has made some comments and for me I can just get on with business.
โI can get on with the work Iโm working on, and thatโs fixing my body at the moment."
Daniher was eligible to join the Swans as a father-son selection in his teenage years, but the 25-year-old says that's all in the past now.
โI considered it (Sydney) when I was 15 years old and that feels like a lifetime ago now. Iโm now 25 and Iโm happy with the process weโre going through now.
โTheyโre (Sydney) a terrific football club. It also makes it a little bit hard when youโre 15, youโre quite young and trying to see what your life looks like a little bit further down the track.
โI donโt know about you, but I was a very immature 15-year-old trying to make mature decisions.โ
However, theย Herald Sun'sย Sam Edmund remains unconvinced over Daniher's comments, and believes there could still be a bit to potentially play out in this story.
โThe (trade) dossier on Joe Daniher is pretty thick. Because we know that he and Tom Harley have both said their lunch last month wasย blown out of all proportion,โ Edmund said onย SEN Breakfast.
โJoe himself said he was catching up with a mentor and he was also meeting his surgeon in Sydney.
โThe whispers have just continued though, havenโt they.
โBecause of how incredibly shrewd the Swans are in this space and have been. Because Daniher has family ties to the Swans and he could have gone there as a father/son, we know that.
โAnd yesterday, because Joe just wasnโt overly convincing in his answers about it. There were no guarantees, he just said: โIโve said all that before, Iโm contractedโ.
โItโs not convincing. Maybe we are scared in this space because weโve been given this stuff before and the opposite has turned out to happen. Iโm not saying anything other than watch this space.
โIt just doesnโt smell right. It smells a bit fishy.โ
Bombers legend Tim Watson was less concerned over the matter, believing that the 2017 All-Australian will be staying put in 2020.
โIโm believing him on this one. I donโt think heโs going anywhere,โ Watson said.
Daniher remains contracted to Essendon until the end of the 2020 season.
