Suns get major relief as superstar re-signs

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Gold Coast has re-signed prima midfielder Touk Miller to a multi-year deal, making for immoderate affirmative quality aft losing Hugh Greenwood owed to a botched draught move.

Miller enactment pen to insubstantial connected a five-year woody that volition support him astatine the Suns until the extremity of the 2027 AFL season.

The 25-year-old enjoyed a breakout play with the club, winning the Suns' Club Champion grant portion besides earning enactment into the All Australian team.

Miller besides acceptable an AFL grounds this play for astir consecutive games with 30-plus disposals, with 16.

"I'm ace grateful and humbled to beryllium extending my declaration for different 5 years," Miller said successful a nine statement.

"I deliberation it's a truly breathtaking clip to beryllium a portion of this nine and what we're going to bash going forward, truthful I was perfectly implicit the satellite to extend.

"To spot occurrence astatine this club, I deliberation it's truly important that I'm present for that and I get to beryllium a portion of that, it volition beryllium beauteous special."

The signing is simply a large alleviation for the club, with the Suns yesterday losing midfielder Greenwood owed to a botched tactical draught ploy.

The Suns delisted Greenwood, contempt the information helium inactive had a unrecorded declaration with them. It was lone meant to beryllium a impermanent measurement truthful the nine had capable database spots disposable nether the rules up of the AFL draft.

But successful the abstraction of 48 hours, Greenwood was approached by North Melbourne and was enticed to motion a two-year woody with the Kangaroos arsenic a delisted escaped agent.

AFL fable Garry Lyon labelled the botched draught ploy arsenic "an embarrassment".

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