AFL Don't miss out on the headlines from AFL. Followed categories will be added to My News. Melbourne president Kate Roffey has rejected calls for an independent review at the club as she says the Demons’ relationship with Christian Petracca is “absolutely” salvageable.
Roffey said she had not spoken “directly” to Petracca over his future since it emerged he was unhappy at the club but was confident the Demons could “find a resolution” with the disgruntled superstar. The fourth-year Melbourne president told SEN that the club accepted it “had some issues” but did not need an external review after a turbulent two years overshadowed by a long-running legal dispute with former president Glen Bartlett relating to his sudden exit in April 2021. “We’ve got some issues, absolutely.
I’m heartbroken for our supporters because they don’t get to see our day-to-day operations at the club,” Roffey said. Melbourne president Kate Roffey says star midfielder Christian Petracca has ‘raised some issues’ with the club but will not leave. Picture: Quinn Rooney / Getty Images “Is there ever a club not in some kind of flux state? Like always, we’ll deal with it and get through it.
” Roffey claimed reports stating Petracca wanted out of Melbourne had been overblown by the media but acknowledged that star forward Kysaiah Pickett was homesick. The president said Petracca, who is contracted for five more years, had raised issues with the club but not directly with h.