AFL trade period kicks off with signing frenzy

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The 2021 AFL commercialized play is officially nether mode with defender Jake Kelly joining the Bombers from Adelaide arsenic an unrestricted escaped agent.

The 26-year-old, who was tipped to articulation Essendon this commercialized period, was understood to person turned down involvement from North Melbourne earlier making his decision.

Kelly has played 110 games for Adelaide since debuting successful 2015. He was portion of Adelaide's squad that went down to Richmond successful the 2017 expansive final.

The Crows volition person a draught prime arsenic compensation, but lone if the woody Kelly sign's is considered ample capable to trigger.

"We're excited to invited Jake Kelly to the Essendon Football Club," said Essendon database manager Adrian Dodoro.

"We cognize Jake brings important acquisition and volition enactment truly good alongside the likes of Jordan Ridley, Nick Hind, Jayden Laverde, Mason Redman and Dyson Heppell successful our new-look backline. He is simply a seamless acceptable with his quality to play connected unsafe tiny to mean forwards, truthful we're truly pleased Jake has chosen to travel to Essendon.

"In our discussions with Jake, helium is precise excited and motivated by the absorption the nine is headed, and we look guardant to seeing what helium tin lend to our emerging playing radical successful years to come."

In different commercialized news, Mabior Chol volition depart Richmond for the Gold Coast.