Dolphins chief govt Terry Reader is adamant his membership aren’t in a “bidding war” to signal Jack Wighton and revealed he’s “confident” they’ll win the contract battle.
Three golf equipment have pitched their gives to Wighton — the Rabbitohs, Dolphins and Raiders — after he opted towards taking over his possibility for 2024 with Canberra.
The Raiders have reportedly tabled a four-year $4.4 million contract, whereas the Dolphins provide is alleged to be round $1 million-per-season.
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Meanwhile, South Sydney can’t compete with their rival’s hefty wage packages, however have a lot of Wighton’s closest mates of their squad together with Latrell Mitchell and Cody Walker.
Wayne Bennett’s aspect missed out on a number of marquee gamers forward of their debut NRL season however have shocked the world with 5 wins in eight video games.
While the Dolphins have cap area to burn, Reader made it clear his membership gained’t provide overs for gamers simply to safe a million-dollar participant.
“I think the key there is we are not in a bidding war, our team has always been about, if you like, we didn’t want to get carried away with any player,” Reader mentioned on SENZ.
“We set up our team, our structure and the people we brought in, it wasn’t about getting carried away because if you get it wrong with the salary cap and everything that’s happened.
“We think we’re in a good position because we didn’t get carried away paying more than we needed to for any player and I think Jack is a good example of that.
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“We’ve been able to put a pitch to him, we did meet with him last week and we’ve put what we think is fair, he had a way to look at it now because he can touch and feel it now that he’s seen it.”
Reader additionally believes Wighton’s tour of the membership was an enormous constructive of their vid to safe the NSW and Australia gun.
The Dolphins didn’t harm their possibilities of securing Wighton’s signature with an enormous win over the Titans, getting back from 26-0 to win 26-28.
“I think you’ll see we’ll just have to sit there now and wait; he’ll make a decision but we’re pretty confident about what we put in front of him,” Reader added.
“More importantly, he’s had a chance to look at things, now we just have to wait, there’s no bidding war, we put that (offer) in front of him and we’ll see what happens.
“We’re always confident and I think what happened yesterday proves that.”
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