Eels offer to buy out Watmoughs contract

We mentioned a few weeks back how Anthony Watmough had sounded out Parramatta Eels coach Brad Arthur, amid his disenchantment with the Manly Sea Eagles management for failing to re-sign Glenn Stewart.The latest mail suggests Parramatta is willing to buy-out a large chunk of Watmough’s heavily back-ended deal for next year, which is worth $970,000.But Manly coach Geoff Toovey is adamant that no players will be released early and has commenced negotiations with Watmough’s management for a two-year extension.http://www.zerotackle.com/nrl/manly-start-negotiations-with-watmough-14113/

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  • He isn't worth that much
    And I thought we had no room
    • Not nearly. However if Matai looks set to walk, Glenn Stewart has already walked, Watmough will probably walk as well.

  • If a player wants to leave, let them leave.
    • Then contracts have no meaning.

  • I can't see us being over the cap still! Even if we are paying peoples contracts we would only be playing a percentage of the whole thing. We could make a play for him I think
    • Just a smoke screen mate I reckon, were making a play at someone big. You can just feel feel it

  • we need everybody we can get we need help our forward are so soft they make jelly hard

    • What he said ^
    • Hi Paul
      You are really on a roll
      Are these your own sayings?
      They are excellent
  • Based on Seward's comments in the Herald the real pain with our cap seems to be in the current season and we are not as badly affected in 2015.

    Watmough would be good pick up, he still has 2 to 3 good seasons left in him, more importantly he brings a lot of mongrel into any forward pack he plays in.

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