Carlton coach Michael Voss has emphatically stated the Blues will not listen to any trade offers for star forward Charlie Curnow.
With the player movement period approaching, Curnow has been linked with a move away from Carlton after reportedly asking for a trade in his exit interview.
However, Voss claimed Curnow was only 'open' to a trade, and didn't specifically ask to leave the club, before revealing the Blues would not entertain any offers for the two-time Coleman Medallist.
"'Open' was more the language used," Voss said on SEN, when asked if Curnow demanded a trade.
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"Obviously from our position it was pretty clear, so we don’t feel like we’re in that position to want to go down that path.
"That position was well and truly communicated back to him and then from that point on we moved on to other topics, and talked about his year and how we can make him better and get back to that striking form he had only 12 months ago."
When asked if Carlton would listen to offers for Curnow, Voss said: "No. Our position is pretty clear. It’s been stated - I don’t even know publicly whether we’ve said anything - but he’ll be at Carlton in 2026.
"Those discussions - if there are any others - we’ll continue to have behind closed doors.
"He’s a two-time Coleman Medallist, it could have been three, who has four years to run on a contract. We feel like he’s an incredibly important person to us.
"He’ll figure for us moving forward and hopefully he’s playing out the rest of his career here."
The AFL Trade Period will commence on Monday October 6 - the week after the AFL grand final.