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Zak Butters trade rumours dominate Port Adelaide's turbulent season
Zak Butters is hoping to be traded to a Victorian team. (ABC News: Ben Pettitt)
Its newly-appointed coach Josh Carr had to navigate a new system with an injury riddled list; using 39 of its 44-listed players and finishing the season with 15 unavailable.
He also had to build chemistry and belief despite a contract decision overshadowing his campaign.
Its vice-captain and dual All-Australian Zak Butters has dominated headlines all season as one of the biggest free-agents available this off-season; and has now confirmed the worst-kept secret in football that he has requested a trade to Victoria.
"I've made a decision to head home. It's obviously been one that I've wrestled with for a while now. It's been a tough decision and one that I haven't taken lightly," Butters said on Monday.
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Geelong is heading into another finals series with high hopes of contending for a premiership, but are quietly a chance to put together one of the strongest off-season dual acquisitions in AFL history.
And that is because the Cats are seen as the inevitable destination for GWS captain Toby Greene, and are the reported frontrunner for Port Adelaide champion Zak Butters.
Greene is an unrestricted free agent, meaning the Cats will not have to give up draft capital to sign the star forward, who is reportedly keen to finish his career in Victoria and chase an elusive premiership.
Butters meanwhile is a restricted free agent, which gives Port Adelaide the right to match any offer that comes his way. They have already made it clear they will do so and force his team of choice to the trade table.
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Butters speaks after informing Port Adelaide of free agency call
Zak Butters has told Port Adelaide of his plans for next season
ZAK Butters has officially informed Port Adelaide he will be leaving the club via free agency.
After more than a year of conjecture about his future, Butters' brilliant career at Alberton Oval is over as it was confirmed on Monday that Port's No.9 would be exercising his free agency rights to return to Victoria this off-season.
Butters has not yet nominated a club, with Geelong, the Western Bulldogs, Richmond and Collingwood all chasing his services across this year.
All have made club-record offers to Butters, with his move to a rival as hotly contested as any of the major trade moves this century, including Chris Judd's trade from West Coast to Carlton at the end of 2007.
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