Melbourne’s Max Gawn has answered the hot question surrounding teammate Christian Petracca, following reports the star midfielder wants to depart the club.
“I’m in open dialogue with Trac, I don’t see the build up that’s happened,” Gawn said on Triple M Breakfast with Rosie, Wil and Daisy.”
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Max admits that he wasn’t against Petracca spending time away from the club in the midst of his recovery from rib injury.
“I’m happy he went away. Any player who is struggling mentally … more than happy to grant leave on that.”
He says reports about disgruntlement within the playing group holds merit considering their underperforming results this season.
“There is always fractures in a team that’s played finals for four years and now isn’t.”