Greater Western Sydney coach Leon Cameron is set to extend his tenure at the club, reports The Daily Telegraph.ย
Cameron is reportedly set to sign a two-year extension, tying him to the Giants until the end of the 2022 season, ending speculation around his future.ย
The club was about to announce the news earlier in the season, however, COVID-19 put a halt on it. The AFL froze all new contracts of players and football staff contracts due to the financial impact of the pandemic.ย
And despite their indifferent start to the season, Giants chief executive David Matthews reassured that Cameron is the man to lead the club into the future.ย
โI think people are misunderstanding what weโre saying. (These questions about if) thereโs a contract extension or not. There already is one. Weโve already made a commitment,โ he told The Sydney Morning Herald.ย
โRight now we have a coach for 2021, 2022. We have no interest in anyone else.
โWe think Leon is building something. You face some headwinds in any season and at the moment we need to recapture some form.
โBut thatโs not down to one person. Thatโs down to a lot of people.
โNothing has changed at all. We committed to an extension with Leon beyond this season a few months ago now and that holds firm.
โWe absolutely have confidence that heโs the right person to be leading us.
โLeon is the only coach thatโs (won finals in each of past four years). I have no doubt heโs already had success as a coach, because itโs not all just measured on whether you can get a premiership. Thereโs other factors.
โTheyโre hard to win as we know. But weโre still striving to win one. And heโll be the person leading us.โ
