‘Can you jump in the back of the boot?’ How the Blues hid Voss from the media

Football can be a secretive business. But Carlton coach Michael Voss experienced the extremes of cloak-and-dagger club behaviour when he was smuggled into Ikon Park in the boot of a car before his appointment in 2021.

Voss was a contender for the Blues’ senior coaching role – a title that had frequently changed hands around that time – when he felt the scrutiny of the media as he arrived in Melbourne for an interview.

Michael Voss was smuggled into an interview for the coaching job. Credit: AFL Photos via Getty Images

He told radio station Nova about Carlton’s unusual request, made in the hopes of keeping their meeting a secret.

“When I first arrived into the airport, with the media, obviously they find out that you’re coming in … and then as I jumped into the car, obviously [I] had the media chasing me to find out where the interview was going to be,” Voss told Nova on Thursday morning.

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