SEN Breakfast newsman Sam Edmund has given the latest update on Tom Papley, saying that he is desperate to return back home to Victoria.
Papley is contracted through to 2023, but is reportedly unhappy in Sydney and would like to return back to Melbourne, with personal reasons as his main desire for the move.
โTom Papley was so unhappy at Sydney last year that he questioned whether he wanted to continue playing the game,โ Edmund toldย SEN Breakfast.
โHis desperation to force a move to a Melbourne based club is underpinned by a desire to get out of Australiaโs biggest city and thereโs a family concern there as well.
โHe wants to get closer to his family who are in Bunyip. Heโs really close to his younger brother, his girlfriend lives in Melbourne as well.
โCarlton is seen to be the opportunistic swoopers because Tom doesnโt really care who he plays for.
โHe just wants to get back to Melbourne.โ
Edmund added that Papley could potentially walk away from the game if a trade back to Melbourne can't be facilitated, but that is unclear at the moment.
โThey donโt know at the moment. A lot of things have to change up there in Sydney,โ he said.
โThe living arrangements were a big problem for Tom up there. The way it was described to me he was mostly left to his own devices, he was isolated, the people he was living with werenโt a great fit.โ
Earlier in the week, it was reported that Papley had chosen Carlton as his preferred destination. North Melbourne are another team also reportedly interested in his services.
