COACH Paul Roos says Lance ‘Buddy’ Franklin can simply make contact with Melbourne’s major sponsor – AHG – if he’s in search of a new car.

Roos was asked about Franklin’s car accident – which happened on Wednesday night in Rose Bay – and in good humour took an opportunistic moment to suggest an option for Franklin.

“All I can say is that we’ve got a great sponsor in AHG, so if Buddy needs a new car, we’re happy to sort it out,” he said, drawing laughs from the media at AAMI Park on Thursday.

“Everyone has a car accident. I don’t know much about it, but I had a couple of car accidents when I was playing and they weren’t in the paper.

“I don’t think it’s a unique situation – it just happens to be Buddy Franklin and everything Buddy does, people talk about.

“As I said, if he wants a new car, we’ve got a great sponsor, so we’re happy to help him out.”