Zach Merrett has levers he can pull to force his way out of Essendon in the upcoming AFL trade period, and he may be about to use one.

The disgruntled Essendon skipper will have people in his camp tell him to consider handing in his captaincy over the next three weeks to signal his clear intention to leave, according to 7NEWS Melbourne’s Mitch Cleary.

WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Zach Merrett may quit Essendon captaincy to force trade.

Speaking on Monday night’s episode of The Agenda Setters, Cleary flagged the possibility as a “further layer” that could “force a trade out of the footy club” for Merrett.

“He is all in on this. He has gone nuclear. And Zach Merrett knows now that this is all-out war with the Essendon Football Club,” Cleary said.

“It’s a long way going back and this w

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