Port Adelaide is angry over not being informed that Nathan Krakouer was moving to the Gold Coast

Gone... Nathan Krakouer signs with cashed-up Gold Coast. Source: AdelaideNow

Krakouer and Crows' 2008 All-Australian centre half-back Nathan Bock were this morning unveiled as Suns players at a press conference at the Carrara Sporting Complex .

The pair are the first players to join the Suns under the clause which allows them to recruit a maximum of one uncontracted player from each of the existing 16 AFL clubs.

Krakouer, 22, has played 40 games for Port while Bock, 27, played 113 games for the Crows and was club champion in his All-Australian year.

SA's two AFL clubs will be compensated with late first or early second round national draft picks.

The Power was informed by the Suns at 9.30am today that Krakouer had agreed to join them.

Port football operations manager Peter Rohde expressed anger at not being informed by Krakouer or his manager of the decision, saying: "The football world accepts that clubs will lose players to the expansion teams, but given the commitment our football club has made to Nathan's development and welfare over the past four years, we are very disappointed at the way the matter has been handled in recent weeks".