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A claim from Dylan Brown that there are no get-out clauses in his $13 million deal with the Knights has been refuted.
Brown told the SMH in an interview that unlike his controversial Eels contract, which allowed him to leave the deal six years early to sign with a rival club from 2026, there are no get-out clauses littered throughout his massive 10-year deal with the Knights.
However, according to veteran journalist Andrew Webster, that isn’t the case.
“There’s been reports over the last 24 hours that Dylan Brown has no get-out clause during the entirety of the ten-year deal but I’ve been told that’s not right, Webster said on Tuesday night’s episode of NRL360.
“They actually both have get out clauses for the last two years of the ten-year deal which will probably sit better with the Knights’ old boy network who I’m told aren’t happy with this deal but they are too classy to say anything publicly.
“There are clauses, but Dylan Brown said in an interview that they’re no clauses in it but clearly Dylan Brown doesn’t know his own deal because apparently there is and there are also clauses in the Knights’ favour in the last two years.
“That’s a bit more reasonable … It means the Knights are protected over the last two years.”
Brown’s monster deal has dominated the rugby league headlines former players questioning whether the Knights paid massive overs to secure Brown.
The fact that Brown has been average at best for the struggling Eels over the first two weeks of the season has only sharpened the focus on the deal, which is the richest in NRL history.
Since news of Brown leaving the Eels for the Knights broke, Newcastle have trodden out the line that they don’t regret anything and that there are no reservations.
“Buzz (journalist Phil Rothfield) said there’s none (reservations) at all and they’re completely happy with the deal that’s been done,” NRL360 host Braith Anasta put to Webster and foxsports.com.au’s Paul Crawley.
Webster queried that, believing the Knights are on edge about the massive deal.
“It’s the other way around I think. I find they’re very edgy when talking about it. They’re very sensitive to any sort of criticism about it or any discussion about it really,” Webster said.
“The Knights are going to come out and make it seem like everything is hunky dory, but they’d be nervous as all hell,” Crawley added.
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My source is the journalist that reported it, can't remember who. He said it's capped at $1.4mil
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I watched the Johns borthers on different occasions make comments on Brown's signing. You could tell they didn't like the deal but they were very reserved with their comments.
Besides the financial benefit, I just wonder whether Brown has considered how this deal will affect him mentally. He will be the focus of every game with a lot of expectations from the club, sponsors and fans.
At the Eels he's been hiding behind the higher profile players but with the knights it will be all about him.
Good luck DylBro - you're gonna need it!
In all honesty Brown already had massive expectations on him at the Eels. He had Moses taking some of the spotlight at the Eels and he has Ponga taking some of the spotlight at the Knights.
Knights offer was worth more money, so he took it. I get it.
This is the first domino in the "half wars" that is going to play out over the coming years because we have so many ageing halves who have been incumbent for so long they've blocked any younger halves getting meaningful experience. So all teams without a half (or with a soon to retire half) are going to have to pay inflated prices.
Browns price is inflated on potential. If we want to make a play for Galvin, it's going to be the same. If we invest in juniors to try and get value for money out of up and coming halves they'll just do what Dylan did and Galvin will do and go to the highest bidder in the market.
Teams with locked up halves and good backup plans (eg Melbourne) are in the best position right now. The rest of us will have to take some pretty big gambles.
Sucks to be a Newcastle fan next year you will see why we all us Parramatta fan are cheering he leaving
Make it worse you paying him $14M😂😂
Who cares Old Boys ain't happy. They ain't running the club, he a sold player $900 000 at best.
I don't disagree he was a solid player, more than a solid player but I have a high suspicion he is burn't out. I don't believe people understand what last year did to him. He busted his guts and got nowhere doing it. He was the last man tackling everything, usually too late and then had the expectation of carrying the attack. this was accentuated further against him because he was double marked......yes he may have had a bad year in the eyes of the blind but his effort was huge to those that watched closely.....assumably Peter O'Sullivan amongst them.
This year so far he has no energy and no effort. If he is burn't out like I suggest, then the Knights are going to be part of the biggest signing fcuk up in history.
I love Dyllan Brown but if you were going sign him back for what ever reason happens, you would not pay more than 350k for him based on his current form.
Did you see the interview with lane before the channel 9 game
Now that's an unhappy camper
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