Dan Houston, a recent Collingwood recruit, has disclosed that, before to joining Collingwood in a spectacular three-club trade, his first priority during the AFL trade window was to play for Carlton under coach Michael Voss.
“I have a good relationship with him [Voss], and I wanted to play for him, and he wanted to have me in the team,” Houston told 3AW, adding that they had some candid chats.
“It kind of chopped and changed a bit, and it didn’t look like the Blues could do the job the entire time. It was the Pies in the end. That was one of my favourites all year long, so I’m very glad it was the Pies.
Midway through the trading period, Carlton decided to move up the selection order and get Pick 3 rather than using their draft money to acquire the dual All-Australian defender, even though they had originally targeted Houston.
Houston admitted that the deal was complicated, but he was nevertheless excited to be joining Collingwood in spite of his original preference.
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