The Wests Tigers are ready to pay half of Moses Mbye’s contract to play for a rival while new Warriors coach Nathan Brown has targeted Euan Aitken and two other stars.
Read on for the latest NRL transfer whispers.
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The Tigers are trying to move captain Moses Mbye to an opposing club and are willing to pay half of his $ 800,000 salary for it.
The Sydney Morning Herald reported that the Queensland Origin star has piqued the Gold Coast Titans’ interest in a possible move for next season.
Under the proposed contract, the Tigers would be willing to pay up to half of the 26-year-old’s contract to outsource him to the Titans for two years.
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The money saved by moving Mbye on would then be used to lure star hooker Harry Grant into staying at the club in case Cameron Smith continued to play in the Storm, triggering a clause in Tiger Rake’s contract would.
However, should Grant return to the storm, the Tigers would pursue Melbourne’s New Zealand # 9 Brandon Smith, who is unlikely to stay at the club as he pursues a starting whore role.
The titans who signed Broncos backrower David Fifita, storm forward Tino Fa’asuamaleaui, and Knights star Herman Ese’ese are believed to consider Mbye a potential five-eighth or hooker.
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Incoming Warriors coach Nathan Brown has already caused a sensation when he signed the formidable center Euan Aitken from the Dragons.
The Daily Telegraph reported that next on its hit list are Bronco’s tall man Matt Lodge and Aitken’s stale Dragons teammate Jack de Belin.
Aitken will partner with the Warriors on a three-year deal and Brown will then turn his attention to improving its forward stocks.
Lodge is under contract with the Broncos for the next season, so he would have to negotiate a release to move across the Tasman.
The Warriors have room to raise their salary cap after Blake Green’s departure to the Knights and Adam Blair, and have yet to avail of his one-year option after falling out of favor at the club.
The Dragons will put their trust in Zac Lomax and Brayden Wiliame and will not come out to replace Aitken.
Aitken, 25, has scored 38 tries in 115 NRL games, completed three tests for Scotland and was named as a 2018 NSW Blues selection.
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