Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley has responded to the Adam Treloar trade rumours.
According to AFL journalist Sam Edmund, Magpies coach Nathan Buckley called Treloar last week and told him that the core of senior players don’t want him at the club anymore.
“This is unfortunate for the player concerned,” he said on AFL Trade Radio’s Trade Afternoons on Monday afternoon.
“What we can say as absolute fact is Nathan Buckley had a phone conversation with Adam Treloar last week where he told him that Collingwood’s more senior players didn’t want him around the club anymore.
“We were wondering how Collingwood would seek to pour more pressure on forcing Adam Treloar out – now we have our answer.
“Now they’re telling him his teammates want him out, which I find staggering as he’s a very popular player at that football club.”
Buckley has refuted such claims in a social media post and hit out at the constant spread of rumours in recent weeks.
"“Absolute fact”...news to me Sam," Buckley tweeted.
"The constant rumour and innuendo is disrespectful to Adam, the club and our supporters. We’ll continue to communicate directly and sensitively with Adz and his management. FYI, our leaders don’t sit on list management, it’s not their job."