Wests Tigers boss Shane Richardson has sent a warning shot to rival clubs hoping to lure boom playmaker Lachlan Galvin, while refusing to give up hope of retaining Stefano Utoikamanu.
Wests Tigers chief executive Shane Richardson has declared the club will have $2 million of salary cap space to enter the player market next year if prop Stefano Utoikamanu turns down a five-year extension.
During his trip away the club tabled a five-year, $4 million deal to Utoikamanu in the hope of negating ain his current contract that could result in him become a free agent in the coming weeks. That’s not what we want. What we want is Stefano to stay. I want to work our way through that. Hanging around until the end of the season is not the way to go.”The Tigers are bracing for Utoikamanu’s agent to request permission to negotiate with rival clubs if the prop forward misses out on State of Origin selection in game two.
“And if you think for one minute, for one minute, I won’t to take it to the NRL, you’re kidding yourself. No doubt it’s happening. But I’ve got to get proof. But if I get proof, we’ll take it to them.”
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