Adelaide GM of List Management & Strategy Justin Reid has issued an update on the future of contracted small forward Eddie Betts.

According to the Herald Sun, the Blues are set to land Betts for a late pick in the 2019 draft with the Crows to cover a portion of his wage.

The 32-year-old has been heavily linked with a romantic return to Carlton having departed Ikon Park at the end of 2013.

“If something fitted the needs of Carlton and for Eddie and his family, then it probably would look that way (a return to Carlton),” Reid told Telstra AFL Trade Radio.

“There’s still a lot of water to go under the bridge yet.

“It’s something that we’re working through with Eddie and his management. He’s a champion of the Carlton Football Club and he’s a champion of the Adelaide Football Club.

“Eddie’s got some stuff to work through from a family point of view, so we want to work through that the right way with Eddie, we respect him that much.

“The next fortnight we’ll be able to work through that.”

Betts kicked 37 goals from 21 matches as Adelaide missed the finals for a second straight year.

Alex Keath, Josh Jenkins and Hugh Greenwood have all requested to be traded out of West Lakes while Sam Jacobs exercised his free agency rights.

The futures of Brad Crouch and Riley Knight also remain uncertain.

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