Martin has a relationship with Sydney the city,but he has a far closer bond with key people at the Gold Coast Suns.
Football boss and former Richmond great Wayne Campbell is a close confidant of Martin’s and the Suns’ list manager Craig Cameron,when he was then Richmond football chief,handled Martin in his first four seasons.
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Suns recruit and fellow premiership Tiger Brandon Ellis is also a good friend. He and Martin were drafted to Richmond two years apart from each other and the pair have remained close since Ellis left for Gold Coast at the end of 2019.
According to teammates,Dusty has not portrayed his usually bubbly demeanour at Punt Road in recent months,which has some of them pondering whether he’d benefit from a change of scenery.Even his coach Damien Hardwick said that Martin would leave with his blessing if he wanted to shift clubs.
Martin still has two years to run on a contract worth close to $1.3 million per season. This is the major obstacle for any club interested in recruiting the triple Norm Smith medallist.