Lance Franklin has put contract talks with Hawthorn on hold until the end of the season. Picture: Daniel Wilkins Source: PerthNow
WEST Coast will wait until Lance Franklin confirms he definitely wants to leave Hawthorn before making a play for his services.
Franklin has put contract talks with the Hawks on hold until the end of the season, but yesterday declared he had no intention of leaving the club he tasted premiership glory with in 2008.
The 26-year-old Perth product becomes a restricted free agent at the end of the year and is likely to attract huge offers from rival clubs, especially the two teams in his home state.
Fremantle is understood to have the money to bid for the superstar forward after failing to lure Travis Cloke and Brendon Goddard west via free agency late last year.
However, the prospect of playing alongside best mate Sharrod Wellingham puts the Eagles in the box seat to acquire Franklin's services should he change his mind and leave the Hawks.
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Coach John Worsfold left the door open for Franklin to play for West Coast in 2014, but said such a move could come at a high price.
"We could squeeze Buddy into the line-up, but the other issue is being able to afford to fit him into your squad," Worsfold told 6PR.
"When the time is right, we'll get a list of all players that may be interested in moving clubs and available to us.
"There are so many factors that you have to take into account that it's not something I worry about until we get down to the crunch time."
Wellingham is set to make his Eagles debut in next weekend's NAB Cup triple header against Fremantle and Geelong at Patersons Stadium.
Forward Mark LeCras is also expected to line up for the first time since undergoing a knee reconstruction last February.
But ruck veteran Dean Cox is in doubt after dislocating a finger at training last Friday and will be sidelined for at least a week.
Mark Nicoski (hamstring), Brad Sheppard (thumb) and Brad Dick (knee) will also be missing from the NAB Cup opener, but Worsfold expected them to be available for the following pre-season fixture.
"In the first week we're allowed to play 34 players, so we'll probably use all of those guys," Worsfold said.
"For a variety of different reasons, we've probably got about 10 guys that we won't play that weekend.
"That means everyone else is going to have a run, whether it's two of the games or just one of them."
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