Melbourne veteran Steven Could is being investigated by the AFL integrity unit, because the premiership defender stays away from Demons coaching.
The 34-year-old was a notable absentee when Melbourne skilled at Gosch’s Paddock on Wednesday morning.
Afterward Wednesday, Melbourne launched a press release saying the membership was conscious Victoria Police attended Could’s home final Thursday, however wouldn’t remark additional.
The circumstances of why police have been referred to as to Could’s residence stay unknown.
Talking at a partnership extension with Virgin Australia, AFL boss Andrew Dillon confirmed the league was investigating Could’s scenario.
“We have been saved abreast of that by Melbourne,” Dillon stated on Thursday.
“Our integrity unit is throughout it in the intervening time.”
Because it emerged final Friday that police had visited his residence the day past, Could has deleted his Instagram account.
A star of Melbourne’s drought-breaking 2021 premiership, Could might be a restricted free agent on the finish of this season.
The previous Gold Coast co-captain was a key determine in final 12 months’s commerce interval, however did not discover a new residence.
Off the sector, Could and Richmond midfielder Dion Prestia are preventing felony costs after a late-2024 brawl in Sorrento on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula.
Final month, the pair requested for the costs to be withdrawn, saying they weren’t there.
They’re resulting from face Frankston Magistrates Court docket once more on February 20.
Could, 34, performed 16 senior video games final 12 months for a profession whole of 251.
He additionally had a much-scrutinised argument on the sector with captain Max Gawn after the slender King’s Birthday loss to Collingwood.
Could has been an everyday within the Demons’s greatest 23 for a number of seasons, however that’s now in query.
The Demons are in main transition, with coach Simon Goodwin sacked final 12 months and Steven King appointed for his first senior position.
Star onballers Christian Petracca (Gold Coast) and Clayton Oliver (GWS) have been traded after final season.
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