The Sydney Swans were unable to reach an agreement with Essendon on a suitable trade for forward Joe Daniher. 

Daniher notified the club of his intention to continue his career at Sydney for season 2020 and beyond. 

However, following discussions with Essendon during the AFL Trade Period, a suitable trade could not be reached between the two clubs.

Swans Head of Football Charlie Gardiner said this was always a possible outcome given Daniher is contracted for another 12 months.

“We knew going into the negotiation that it would be difficult given Joe is contracted to the Essendon Football Club,” Gardiner said.

“We have had a number of discussions with Essendon and those discussions were very respectful and we put forward what we believed were compelling offers.”

“Unfortunately we were unable to satisfy Essendon’s demands.”

Gardiner said the Club was never willing to trade any of its players as part of the deal.

“We went into the negotiation with what we thought was a suite of draft assets that we thought might be able to satisfy Essendon but unfortunately that wasn’t the case,” he said.

“They were insistent that the deal involve a player which we weren’t prepared to do so we weren’t able to agree on a mutually acceptable deal.

“It is disappointing but we thank Essendon for the way they have handled it, we move on and revisit it in twelve months.”