‘Carlton man': Voss responds to trade bombshell
It was reported on Tuesday night that the dual Coleman Medal winner was open to a move to the Suns for lifestyle reasons.
Carlton reportedly shut down the possibility of the move as it braces for the departure of key tall Tom De Koning to St Kilda.
Voss was also emphatic on Wednesday that Curnow, who is contracted at the club until the end of 2029, was going to be a Blue for life.
'It's probably just that, it's just speculation for us. Charlie is a Carlton man and he'll stay a Carlton man,' he said.
'I'm not sure how much more emphatic I need to be on that. I appreciate these times of the year and when you're not going so well there's always some speculation on your players.
'But it probably ends there for us … no (haven't spoken to him) because again it's just speculation.
'It's very hard to operate on conversation or even answer something on hearsay … Charlie is a very important person to us and he'll play out his career here – he's a Carlton person and will stay one.'
There has been consistent talk about the shake-up incoming chief executive Graham Wright will have on the Blues' football department.
But Voss shut that down too, saying Wright's entry into the club will change nothing but 'the names at the desk' when it comes to list management.
'I think the way we operate as football clubs, we tend to have a planned strategy about those things,' he said.
'We've got a list management committee, which I am one man in that (and) so is Graham, as well our list manager as well as our football manager.
'We strategise that out from a long way out and we put that together as a team, that's the way we will continue to do it as we always have.
'As normal, there's no change in the way we're operating, the names at the desk change because Brian moves out and Graham comes in.
'But in terms of how we go about our list management, strategy and build, everyone will have their input at the right time.'
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