{"id":12208,"date":"2018-04-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/report-tom-lynch-and-the-crows-are-a-fair-way-apart-on-contract-talks\/"},"modified":"2018-04-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T00:00:00","slug":"report-tom-lynch-and-the-crows-are-a-fair-way-apart-on-contract-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/report-tom-lynch-and-the-crows-are-a-fair-way-apart-on-contract-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Report Tom Lynch And The Crows Are A Fair Way Apart On Contract Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE, 2.58pm — Crows confirm they want to keep Lynch.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Adelaide assistant coach Matthew Clarke has reiterated how important Tom Lynch is to the club.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is an excellent player,\u201d Clarke said on Friday. \u201cHe\u2019s been really good for us over probably four or five years.\u201d<\/h3>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s well documented that he creates that link between the back line and the forward line really.<\/h3>\n

\u201cEven though he sets up in the forward line it\u2019s his link play that is really critical to our ball movement.<\/h3>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s important. He\u2019s not a player we want to lose.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

EARLIER…<\/p>\n

Football reporter Sam Edmund says interstate clubs are getting a whiff they might be a chance of luring unsigned Adelaide Crows star Tom Lynch.<\/h3>\n

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\u201cAs it stands, the Tom Lynch camp and the Adelaide Football club camp are a fair way off on paper in terms of the length of deal and the monetary value,\u201d Edmund told SEN<\/a> on Friday.<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Earlier Edmund wrote in the Herald Sun<\/a> that the distance between the club and Lynch \u201ccould expose the influential forward to rival poachers\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Herald Sun <\/em>has learned both parties have different opinions on what Lynch is worth as the Victorian prepares to return from illness against former side St Kilda on Saturday night.<\/h3>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s understood the length of the deal, as well as money, are the sticking points.<\/h3>\n

\u201cSources said a Lynch-Adelaide agreement, while not miles away on paper, is some time away from being formalised\u2026<\/h3>\n

\u201cFor now, the man many consider the most important player in coach Don Pyke\u2019s offensive system is in limbo and the subject of interest at a swag of clubs.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Adelaide could face another go-home risk as rivals watch contract talks with interest, reports @SammyHeraldSun<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/La3LYlr5zO<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/hDkom16usU<\/a><\/p>— SuperFooty (AFL) (@superfooty) April 5, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote> \n