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By Jennifer Witham
1:37 PM Wed 07 October, 2009
WESTERN Bulldogs captain Brad Johnson will be offered a one-year deal to play on in 2010, however, the fate of Jason Akermanis and Nathan Eagleton remains undecided.
Johnson, 33, is the only one of the veterans to have had his future confirmed before the end of the AFL exchange period.
He will be presented with the new contract once the club completes its list changes this week.
"It's fair to say Johnno will be offered a contract, sooner rather than later I would say, following today's work [in re-signing Brian Lake]," football operations manager James Fantasia told afl.com.au on Wednesday.
"There are still things that need to be ticked off. The rule of thumb is that you only offer one-year contracts once you get past 30, so that's what we're pitching.
"There's no actual timeframe to it, apart from having list lodgement completed before October 31. So we have time up our sleeve, but we'd like to get it finalised sooner rather than later."
Akermanis, 32, and Eagleton, 30, have told the club they wish to play on next year.
Fantasia said both players would have to wait until the end of this week before official word on their futures.
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1:37 PM Wed 07 October, 2009
WESTERN Bulldogs captain Brad Johnson will be offered a one-year deal to play on in 2010, however, the fate of Jason Akermanis and Nathan Eagleton remains undecided.
Johnson, 33, is the only one of the veterans to have had his future confirmed before the end of the AFL exchange period.
He will be presented with the new contract once the club completes its list changes this week.
"It's fair to say Johnno will be offered a contract, sooner rather than later I would say, following today's work [in re-signing Brian Lake]," football operations manager James Fantasia told afl.com.au on Wednesday.
"There are still things that need to be ticked off. The rule of thumb is that you only offer one-year contracts once you get past 30, so that's what we're pitching.
"There's no actual timeframe to it, apart from having list lodgement completed before October 31. So we have time up our sleeve, but we'd like to get it finalised sooner rather than later."
Akermanis, 32, and Eagleton, 30, have told the club they wish to play on next year.
Fantasia said both players would have to wait until the end of this week before official word on their futures.
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