Magpie Dane Swan (centre) at Collingwood training. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: Herald Sun
Dane Swan in action against Hawthorn last Sunday. Source: Herald Sun
CONTROVERSIAL midfielder Dane Swan wants to play on with Collingwood beyond his current contract, which expires at the end of next year.
Swan, who against Richmond on Saturday will play his 200th AFL match, has said previously he would give the game away when his existing deal ran out.
But the 29-year-old revealed last night that he had changed his mind - partly because he felt he still owed the club more.
"I am certainly not going to be Dustin Fletcher and play until I am 38," Swan told The Club on Fox Footy on Wednesday night.
"I am contracted until the end of next season and hopefully I can go around at least once or twice more.
"While I am able to contribute at a reasonably high level, I would like to think I would still be around, (but) the footy club would have to have me first."
Swan also said:
* HE had no intention of playing for another AFL club when his time at Collingwood was over.
* HE still owed the club more than it owed him, for saving his career "when it was going down the toilet".
* IF all the rumours about him were true, "I'd be dead".
Also during the interview, which the Herald Sun reported on last night, Swan admitted he wanted to change the public perception of him.
"There is a perception of me out there," he said.
"Whether it's right or whether it's not, I suppose the damage has been done.
"But I'm slowly trying to repair it because I don't like my parents and family listening to talk-back radio and reading social media tweets."
Swan said his family had been hurt by what has been said about him.
"When your mum rings you up and you hear she is upset on the phone, that's when you probably realise that enough is enough," he said.
Swan said the life of an AFL footballler can be a "horrible world" and understands how it could lead to depression.
"I can understand how some AFL players could get depression," he said.
Picture gallery: Swan warms up for game 200
"Sometimes it can be a real horrible world for AFL footballers, even though we do have a great lifestyle.
"Just the media backlash you cop and the social media outbursts and the rants on all the websites and blogs.
"If you didn't have thick skin or you didn't handle negative words really well, I can understand why a player could suffer from depression."
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