Chad Warner: Sydney star says his future is ‘up in the air’ as West Coast Eagles, Fremantle Dockers circle

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Chad Warner: Sydney star says his future is ‘up in the air’ as West Coast Eagles, Fremantle Dockers circle

Out-of-contract Sydney superstar Chad Warner concedes his future is “all up in the air” to further fuel WA clubs’ hopes of luring him back to his home state next year.

Both West Coast and Fremantle are interested in bringing the 23-year-old home once his contract expires at the end of this season.

The 85-game midfielder did little to hose down speculation when he purchased a riverside home worth almost $2.9 million in Applecross earlier this year.

And he provided even more hope for Eagles and Dockers fans in an interview on Monday, where he said he would not be rushed into making a decision and was instead focused on the season ahead.

“I’m obviously out of contract and just enjoying Sydney at the moment, to be honest. I’m very open to everything. It’s obviously a big decision that I’ve got to make this year and I obviously want to make the right decisions, that’s why I’m very open-minded and chilled about it,”

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“It’s all up in the air. At the moment I just want to keep my options and my mind as open as it can be, to be honest. The one thing that I do know the most is that I love playing with these boys and love playing in Sydney so I don’t want to make the wrong decision either way.

“I’m just playing the year and seeing how it goes.”

Warner is still two years away from free agency, so the Eagles or Dockers would have to satisfy last year’s grand finalists if they were to recruit the All-***********.

New Sydney coach and West Coast champion Dean Cox said the club was prepared for the “noise” around Warner’s contract situation this year.

“I’ve been Chad’s line coach ever since he got to the footy club and I’m close with Chad having the WA connection. I’ve done that move and with all the interstate boys I try to make it as easy as possible,” Cox said.

“The dialogue is constant between Chad and myself, I think it has to be. I want Chad to play his best footy this year, that’s what I want. What I can control is the team we put around Chad and that’s still challenging Chad to be the best Sydney Swans player he can be this year.

“As we progress, we’ll continually have the dialogue about what happens going forward. He knows how much I want him to stay at the Swans but I am also a realist. People’s contracts and the calibre of player create a lot more noise and we’ll manage that throughout the process and both parties are aware of that.”

Cox said he wasn’t concerned that Warner was assessing his options.

“You need to realise that happens in football. For us, it’s about trying to make sure Chad sees this football club as the place to be in the short or long-term,” he said.

“That’s the part we have to do. Our job is to provide a footy club, a team and an environment that he sees he can play his best footy in and also to be a part of a successful footy team.”

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