The Bulldogs‘ off-season signing frenzy is set to continue with the club reportedly set to land Cronnor Tracey in a swap deal.
The Sydney Morning Herald reports Tracey is expected to head to Belmore as a part of a player swap deal, with young outside back Michael Gabrael going the other way to the Sharks.
If the deal goes through, Tracey will join Stephen Crichton, Kurt Mann, Blake Taaffe, Josh Curran, Jaeman Salmon, Drew Hutchison, Bronson Xerri and Jake Turpin on the Bulldogs’ lengthy list of additions ahead of next season.
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Tracey, who is contracted to the Sharks for 2024, had interest from both the Dragons and Rabbitohs, but is expected to turn both down in favour of a three-year deal with the Bulldogs.
The 27-year-old has overcome three separate ACL tears to become a valuable member of the Sharks outfit, and has scored 27 tries in 64 appearances for the club since joining in 2020.
The Bulldogs have been major players in the market over the last few years with this summer’s nine signings coming on top of the additions of Josh Addo-Carr, Matt Burton and Viliame Kikau in recent seasons.
Canterbury is also in the running for Warriors star Addin Fonua-Blake, who is looking to move back to Sydney for the 2025 NRL season.
Bulldogs GM Phil Gould was spotted making a pitch to Fonua-Blake last week.