The Brisbane Lions are adamant that star midfielder Dayne Beams will be at the club in 2019.
Reports surfaced this week that Beams could be looking to move back to Victoria but Lions CEO Greg Swann says those rumours are completely false.
Swann contacted Beams, Beamsโ manager Paul Connors and Essendon list manager Adrian Dodoro, who all said as far as they know, the 28-year-old is staying at Brisbane.
โI actually rang Beamsy just for the record and asked him โAre you settled?โ and he said he wasn't going anywhere,โโ Swann told The Herald Sun.
โHow can I say this nicely โฆ he strongly refuted it. Thatโs all I wanted to know โฆ itโs rubbish.โโ
The Lions chief executive then contacted Dodoro.
โHe said, โMate, are you serious? We havenโt spoken to himโโ, Swann recounted.
He then rang Connors.
โI asked him if any club had rung him about Beams and he said nobody.โโ
Swann then spoke to Beams who said โitโs rubbish and as a matter of fact Iโll ring Paul to tell him to tell the media bloke to pull his head inโ.
The rumour was originally reported on Monday night on Channel Sevenโs Talking Footy and was followed up on social media.
โIt was raised twice,โโ Swann said.
โThe first time we didnโt bother with it and the next time it had a bit more detail about Essendon, so I thought Iโd round this up and tie it in a nice little bow.
โIt always comes in the bye weekend when thereโs not a lot to talk about.
โYou can set your clock by it.โ
Beams has been in terrific form this season but had to relinquish captaincy of the Lions to focus more on mental health and grief issues but Swann says he is doing well.
โHeโs going all right, his wife is due Monday week I think, so yeah heโs going all right.โ
