Officials from the Canterbury Bulldogs and Parramatta Eels have met with Lachlan Galvin and tabled offers of around $750,000 a season to the 19-year-old playmaker.
The Bulldogs and Eels held meetings with Galvin on Wednesday as he prepares to make a decision on his future as early as this weekend.
The offers from the powerhouse Sydney clubs are for considerably less than the salary Wests Tigers chief executive Shane Richardson was willing to pay Galvin when he prepared a contract upgrade and extension worth close to $6 million over five years. It’s believed the offers from Parramatta and Canterbury are for a shorter duration.
Galvin’s decision to turn down Richardson’s offer and potentially accept $3.5 million less to move across town speaks to his frustration with his development at the Tigers.
The Tigers have attached a transfer fee of close to $165,000 to Galvin’s release before November 1 – a sum Parramatta and Canterbury are willing to pay. It is considerably less than the fee of close to seven figures the Tigers initially sought to impose.
The Bulldogs have long maintained a strategy of only signing players who want to play for the club. Sources with knowledge of the situation talking on the condition of anonymity told the Herald Galvin has a strong desire to play under Cameron Ciraldo at the Bulldogs.
Increasing the appeal of the Bulldogs is Galvin’s relationship with assistant coach Luke Vella, a close friend and Galvin’s former high school teacher.
Galvin has also struck up a relationship with Parramatta halfback Mitchell Moses, who has been in the playmaker’s ear about joining the Eels to wear the No.6 jersey set to be vacated by Dylan Brown when he joins Newcastle on a record $13 million deal next year.
Galvin’s future at the Bulldogs wouldn’t be as straightforward, with Matt Burton the incumbent five-eighth at Belmore. Galvin’s potential arrival would all but end Toby Sexton’s time at the club and put Ciraldo in a position where he has to develop a No.7 from within.
Galvin last month informed the Tigers of his desire to depart at the end of his contract, which runs until the end of 2026.
Parramatta haven’t hidden their desire to lure Galvin, a childhood Eels supporter. Parramatta coach Jason Ryles sees hims as the ideal replacement for Brown.
“I made my [interest] clear a couple of weeks ago. That hasn’t changed, so we’ll wait and see what happens,” Ryles said. “The rule is you can’t negotiate until they get permission to, so until that happens we’ll keep our position there. Lots of strange things happen in footy [though], but we’ll make sure we do the right thing with the NRL.”
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When will it be made official?
Imminent.
We trust you Mr parra power
I really hope Parapower is on the money about Galvin coming to the Eels however I will say if Galvin can do a tour of our new centre of excellence, see our home ground which is the best for rugby league in Sydney and have a guarantee starting spot in his preferred position ans still goes to the Dogs he either has rocks in his head or something dodgy is happening with the Laundys.
I do know this, If MON bucks this up he needs the sack immediately
Laundys are dodgy I may have been wined and dined by Mr laundy himself. In saying that he wouldn't know what day it is.
Not knowing what day it is maybe something you can relate to Merkin, hard to argue with idiots. .........well I dont know Laundy but very confident you meet the idiot requirement,
Never said I know what day it is just saying I've also dealt with laundy it will be tempting for Galvin but he'll know where his heart is..
Honestly I could not care less about signing Galvin, I'm more interested in seeing if the guys we have running the joint are capable of landing a target, who by all reports, has been throwing himself at us for a year.
If we don't land him and the dogs do, then MON and Sarantinos aren't the guys we need moving forward.
What would you want them to that they haven't Frank.
Do you want them to pay overs? because its emotional by Galvin. The scales work in both directions. Last nights win maybe the best thing we have going for us.
My personal view is I would like to see Gould taken down a peg, but you cannot be critical of him, he is doing a job and you can expect no less.
And football wise dogs make zero sense, part of me will laugh if he goes there because it will ruin their lineup and throw players into random positions. They need a genuine 7 not another 5/8.
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