Greater Western Sydney coach Kevin Sheedy feels no sympathy for Adelaide, or any other AFL club that loses an emerging star to the Giants.



The AFL expansion club is denying they've agreed to terms with Phil Davis, even though the Adelaide key defender today told the Crows he was leaving them to join the Giants.



The 20-year-old is set to become the first player to join GWS from an existing AFL club, leaving the Crows after just 18 games.



However, GWS coach Kevin Sheedy denied any knowledge of the deal.



"I don't know that, I haven’t heard that," Sheedy said when told about Davis's media conference where the youngster admitted to agreeing to terms with the Giants.



"I love it when any player in the AFL puts their hand up and wants to come to GWS, I think that's fantastic for Greater Western Sydney (and) if that's the case, and I don't know, then I'm rapt and hope there’s another 20 that want to come to."



GWS chief executive Dale Holmes even went as far as releasing a statement which said it was in breach of AFL rules for them to come to officially agree to terms with Davis or his management before the end of the season.



Holmes, however, did confirm that the Giants has already met with Davis's management about him joining the franchise.

"We discussed an opportunity with Phil’s management during the year however, that is all we are able to confirm at this stage of the season," Holmes said in the statement.



"Under the AFL rules regarding uncontracted players, we are not in a position to officially agree to terms or come to any arrangement, agreement or understanding with Phil and his management team until after the conclusion of the season.



"In accordance with the AFL rules we will recommence those discussions at the end of the season with the hope of reaching a successful outcome."



In a bizarre day of denials and confirmations, Davis says money wasn’t the sole reason for walking out on Adelaide to join the new AFL club.



Davis refused to detail the length of his contract or the money involved.



"I am not going to lie, money is a factor," Davis told reporters.



"Money was a factor but it’s not everything, football is the main thing for me.



"The opportunity to start a new franchise, the challenges that come with that and everything that is involved really drew me to it."



Sheedy made no apology for any club that loses an emerging star to the Giants.



"Our job is to go and find players anywhere in Australia, get the best ones we can and build a great club ... we’ve taken too long to get there and we want to get it right now that we’re there,"

Phil Davis is the second key backman the Crows have lost to expansion teams in the past two seasons. Credit:David Mariuz

"That’s it, no beg pardons, that’s it, we are there to build a footy club."



Davis said he was unaware of any other GWS signings from existing clubs amid speculation over the likes of promising Melbourne midfielder Tom Scully.



"I have heard the rumours like everyone else ... if they are true, I’m very excited (but) they can’t tell me that," he said.



Adelaide football operations manager Phil Harper said the Crows were angered at Davis’ decision.



His defection follows Adelaide losing All Australian centre half-back Nathan Bock to Gold Coast last season.



"Our club is bloody disappointed that Phil has made this decision, we understand it, but we don’t like it," Harper told reporters.



"When you lose a player who is 20-years-old, who we see as a future captain of our club and a rising star, it’s certainly a massive loss.



"With hindsight, we don’t like three-year players that you put time and effort, and you draft them as a pick 10, leaving our club.



"But welcome to the new world of AFL footy.



‘‘Not only do these things happen, but we live in now a ridiculously inflated market for AFL players."



Harper said Adelaide made a generous counter offer to Davis but still could not match the GWS deal.



"Once we found out what we were up against with Phil, we put an offer together ... that was way, way, way over any offer to a 20-game player in the history of this football club," Harper said.



"It still wasn’t in the ballpark ... I don’t think we as a club could have done any more to keep Phil here."



Davis was selected by the Crows with pick 10 in the 2008 national draft and made his debut last year.



He is currently sidelined after undergoing a shoulder reconstruction but said his rehabilitation was on track to perform all preseason training with GWS.



GWS enter the competition next year and are allowed to recruit a maximum of one uncontracted player from each of the other 17 clubs over the next two seasons.



With Martin Boulton and Will Brodie