Brisbane Lions keen to talk to Buddy Franklin after report he and wife Jesinta want to head north

Brisbane Lions are keen to ‘have a chat’ to Buddy Franklin after bombshell report that superstar and model wife Jesinta want to head north to be with her family

• AFL superstar Lance ‘Buddy’ Franklin is off-contract with Swans this season
• Speculation the key forward, 35, may sign with the Brisbane Lions for 2023
• With his wife’s family on the Gold Coast, rumour mill has gone into overdrive
• Franklin was said to be ‘insulted’ by Sydney’s 2023 contract offer of $500,000
• In 2014, Franklin signed a monster nine-year, $10million deal with the Bloods 

By Andrew Prentice and Jo Scrimshire For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 20:15 EDT, 4 August 2022 | Updated: 20:27 EDT, 4 August 2022