Gold Coast are already out of the Charlie Curnow race – and Geelong know they are up against it, too. The only reason they haven’t given up is that the Carlton star is a “gun”.

Then, in the red-and-white corner, is Sydney, the club that famously lured champion key forwards Tony Lockett, Lance Franklin and Barry Hall.

The options for Charlie Curnow to leave Carlton while still under contract are limited. Credit: Getty Images

Cats football boss Andrew Mackie would not say whether St Kilda ruckman Rowan Marshall – who has requested a trade to Geelong – or Curnow was the club’s No.1 target, whereas his Swans counterpart, Chris Keane, declared the dual Coleman medallist was their “priority”.

Of course, none of this matters unless the Blues are willing to trade Curnow, whose six-year dea

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