Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera changes mind about AFL future with St Kilda, Port Adelaide waiting

Kieran Francis

Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera changes mind about AFL future with St Kilda, Port Adelaide waiting image

Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera has changed his mind about his AFL future after being originally set to sign a two-year contract with St Kilda.

The Saints superstar was believed to be close to signing a two-year deal to stay at Moorabbin, rejecting overtures to move home to South Australia with Port Adelaide or Adelaide for at least 24 months.

However, amid St Kilda's poor form - having lost six matches in a row - Wanganeen-Milera is now reportedly undecided about his AFL future with his contract winding up at the end of this season.

The Saints gun has arguably been the form player in the AFL across the last month, and had 36 possessions, 10 clearances and two goals against Geelong on the weekend.

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"St Kilda has offered Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera more than they have offered any other player at that football club in its history," journalist Caroline Wilson said on Agenda Setters

"They seem to think a two-year deal is the best chance of keeping him. They’ve offered him $1.4 million a year over two years.

"The complication is his manager, Ben Williams, is telling St Kilda that Nasiah has genuinely not made up his mind. Whereas about three weeks ago the view was he had made up his mind and it was pretty much a fait accompli he would sign on for two years.

"Ben Williams comes to Melbourne on Wednesday, there’s a manager’s conference of some sort. He’s told the club he will be meeting with his player on that day and maybe more will be revealed by Thursday."

Wilson believes it would be a 'disaster' for St Kilda if Wanganeen-Milera left the club, particularly with how the Saints have been leading the charge to make the AFL draft fairer.

"This is just fascinating to me and a great concern to St Kilda that they still don’t know ... it would be a PR disaster (if Wanganeen-Milera left)," she said.

"Particularly at a footy club that has been taking pot shots at other clubs and their advantages.

"They lost a player last year they didn’t think they’d lose in (Josh) Battle. If they lost another one and an even more important one, at a time they’re complaining about father-sons and academies and all the advantages they don’t have, it would terrible."

Kieran Francis

Kieran Francis is a senior editor at The Sporting News based in Melbourne, Australia. He started at Sportal.com.au before being a part of the transition to Sporting News in 2015. Just prior to the 2018 World Cup, he was appointed chief editor of Goal.com in Australia. He has now returned to The Sporting News where his passions lay in football, AFL, poker and cricket - when he is not on holiday.