Kelly to crunch deals for skippers

Craig Kelly will sort out Trent Cotchin and Jobe Watson's next contract. Klein Michael Source: Herald Sun

ELITE Sports Properties boss Craig Kelly will get back into the ring as a player manager to negotiate the contracts of star captains Trent Cotchin and Jobe Watson.

Their manager, Dan Richardson, has left to become Richmond's general manager of football, only months after the pair joined the firm from rival stables.

Kelly is one of the founding fathers of AFL player management. In recent years, he has not been accredited with the AFL Players Association as his fleet of player managers took over.

But the 1990 Collingwood premiership player will negotiate their contracts alongside ESP's Justin Reid, son of former Adelaide football manager John Reid.

Watson is an unrestricted free agent and the 2012 Brownlow medallist who, at 28, has one big long-term contract left in him.

Cotchin, equal second in last year's Brownlow, is just 22 but, given he is in his sixth season, a long-term deal would take him past restricted free agency.

Both players won their club best-and-fairests last year. But Kelly said there was no rush to sign deals.

"The boys are focused on the next couple of weeks of footy and, once everything settles down with the Richmond Football Club, I would imagine we would be dealing with Dan and (Richmond CEO) Benny Gale about (Trent's deal)," he said.

"We will sit down with Essendon at an appropriate time, too."

Kelly will need to pass an AFLPA entrance exam before he can renew his accreditation.

Cotchin said last week he was committed to signing a deal at Richmond but was unsure if it would be a five-year contract like Brett Deledio's deal last season.

"It will be a matter of time until we work out who will negotiate on my behalf and who will be on the other side," he said.

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