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Richmond confident Dustin Martin will remain if he plays on, Neil Balme, Liam Cook, most recent information

.Professional Richmond supervisor Neil Balme says the Tigers stay "rather confident" Dustin Martin and also Liam Baker will definitely stay at Punt Road next season.Balme claimed Martin was unexpected to go for an option at yet another nightclub if he opted for to use in 2025 and also it would be the "inappropriate" stage of his career for a rival to introduce the three-time Rule Johnson medallist.Martin, thirty three, has actually skipped 5 video games via accident this time as well as his availability for Saturday evening's away clash versus Slot Adelaide is actually clouded.Watch every video game of every round this Toyota AFL Premiership Season LIVE with no ad-breaks during use Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your cost-free trial today &gt Sphere 19WHAT'S GAMING REALLY PRICED AT YOU? Establish a deposit limit.He performed not educate recently as he combats a back issue that the club mentioned first emerged when he was subbed out of the around 16 loss to Carlton with back spasms.Neil Balme is certain Richmond celebrity Dustin Martin will certainly stay at the Tigers if he chooses to use. Image: Michael KleinSource: Information Corp Australia" Every second full week there's a Dusty story that he is actually going someplace, yet I'm really self-assured that if he participates in, he'll always keep betting our team," Balme informed SEN on Tuesday." It would certainly additionally be actually perhaps inappropriate for an additional club to recruit him given that he's not at show business where he is actually heading to be his absolute best and he is actually not heading to be the gent who rises and carries out all the media for you either." That is actually the difficulty of being a solid club-- there is an opportunity you can drop your players at some stage, however our team're rather positive that will not take place." Balme yielded there was a "significant draw" for Baker to return to his home state after formerly showing the need to settle in Western Australia following his having fun career.West Australian Liam Cook, that is out of deal by the end of the season, has actually been actually connected firmly to West Coast. Picture: Robert Cianflone/ Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesBut the elderly Richmond adviser said he still thought the 26-year-old was extremely unlikely to request a profession to West Shore or Fremantle at the time's edge." We are actually so much more knowledgeable about the requirements of the players than our team made use of to be," Balme pointed out." We utilized to just claim, 'take a seat and shut up, you are actually ours, do what our experts inform you'. But I believe our company take all of them into account more, so there's consistently much more odds of that happening (players leaving behind)." I presume our experts have actually got a decent environment. It would certainly be fairly uncommon for our gents to leave behind." Definitely, there is actually a significant draw for (Cook) to go back. Our company are actually quite self-assured that he will not go, however he could effectively do ... if he does, at that point we'll merely need to take care of it.".