Jordan De Goey disappeared from Collingwood today as he was labeled “unrecruitable” after his controversial trip to Bali.
Jordan De Goey was absent from Collingwood headquarters on Monday as he was described as “unrecruitable” after his trip to Bali during the club’s dismissal week.
The Magpies star is at the center of another scandal off the field after he was seen pulling off a woman’s top in a video posted on Instagram.
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Video footage of the 26-year-old party in Bali has spread on the Internet and has put him very well and truly in the hot seat with legends and AFL experts blasting the star’s jokes in Bali. half season.
On Saturday, the woman in the videos, Remy Jackson, spoke about the reaction and gave her support to De Goey.
Over the weekend De Goey posted a statement on Instagram criticizing the media for “the relentless pursuit and persecution of athletes.”
Now the Herald Sun reports that he has not been seen in Collingwood this morning and is expected to miss this afternoon’s training session.
De Goey is not expected to return to the club until Wednesday after his controversial mid-season trip to Bali. The Magpies face the Giants on Sunday in their round of 16 matchup.
The midfielder is out of contract at the end of this season and experts believe De Goey is now “unrecruitable” and clubs will be reluctant to change him given his recent indiscretions.
Respected AFL announcer Gerard Whateley criticized De Goey’s “woe to me” attitude and said other clubs were surprised that Collingwood had not suspended him.
“Only Collingwood knows the parameters he set around De Goey’s behavior earlier this year and what behavior, especially with regard to his behavior toward women, would constitute an additional sanction,” Whateley wrote on the website. of SEN.
“He was offered a clean blackboard and wasted it.
“After talking to the leaders of other clubs over the weekend, to a person who was determined to suspend De Goey.
“The idiot didn’t even scratch the surface was the feeling of more than one current player.
“Among the questions facing De Goey, how serious is his professional football career and the sacrifices required?
“The answer to this question will have an important word in the future. I think it is not recruitable now.
“No club with a face could explain to its senior players why you would offer a $ 1 million deal to lure De Goey.
“It’s Collingwood’s asset, it’s Collingwood’s problem and Collingwood’s responsibility.”
AFL commentators agreed that De Goey’s commercial value has plummeted since his last off-field scandal.
“It certainly puts more doubt on other clubs that were considering cracking him as a free agent and trying to take him to the football club,” Leigh Montagna told Fox Footy’s. First Crack.
“If there was already a concern about whether it’s at the board or club level discussing whether or not we do it, what the risks are versus the rewards, that just adds another layer. Maybe it will set some clubs in motion.
“We know he’s a winner of the match, we know he has a high level of talent, he’s a gun player in the competition, I think so, but now maybe some clubs think the risk isn’t worth the reward.” .
Four-time top player Jordan Lewis added: “We’ve seen so many examples over the last five or ten years that the game has been based more on the system than the individuals involved,” he said.
“There are so many examples that a player can’t win a first position or change the way you do it, but it can certainly affect the group. I think in this case the bargaining power is less and less.
“If I am from another club, if I am a player from another club and I participate in the leadership group and in the main decision makers, I don’t think I would look at Jordan De Goey’s situation.
“I think other clubs would look beyond football. You want people to come in, and I don’t know them. It’s true that you want people to create culture and understand that this is the most important thing that leads to performance, and that’s the only questioning about him.