Parramatta approve 3 year offer to Jarryd Hayne worth 2.5 million dollars

PARRAMATTA has formally approved a three-year offer for superstar Jarryd Hayne worth nearly $2.5 million.

The Daily Telegraph can reveal the club has rubber-stamped the offer which is expected to tabled to Hayne’s manager, Wayne Beavis, this week.

Hayne’s deal would be worth around $800,000 a season — the same money which lured Kieran Foran from Manly to Parramatta.

Essentially, Foran’s money will be used to attract Hayne back to Pirtek Stadium.

Could Hayne bring the good times back to Parramatta?

St George Illawarra and Gold Coast are also eyeing Hayne. The Titans were a realistic chance but Parramatta are now clear favourites.

Eels administrator Max Donnelly and Parramatta head coach Brad Arthur have been in discussions about the Hayne offer.

Parramatta have been working on the club’s salary cap to ensure Hayne can be signed without acting improperly outside the cap. Hayne could also attract some legitimate third-party agreements.

Donnelly was reluctant to comment on any offer but told The Daily Telegraph: “Yes, the club is interested in Jarryd and it’s a matter of sorting out what we have available to offer him whilst complying with the salary cap. I wouldn’t be going there unless Brad (Arthur) wanted him (Hayne).”

The challenge for Hayne now will be whether he can return to rugby league — and Parramatta — and become the superstar he once was. No one would want to bet against it happening.

IT would the end of a long journey if Hayne were to return to Parramatta.

Just last week, Titans CEO Graham Annesley said: “Any NRL club would be interested in Jarryd Hayne. But there are a lot of things that would have to fall into place for us to be able to table an offer.”

The Sydney Roosters, South Sydney and Newcastle have already ruled out making an offer to Hayne. French rugby union club Toulon continue to discuss the possibility of signing Hayne, maybe for rest of this year.

Parramatta also expects to announce the retention of five-eighth Corey Norman shortly. Norman is said to have agreed to the deal but the club is yet to officially announce the signing. St George Illawarra was also interested in Norman.

Foran was officially released from his rich Eels deal last week.

Meanwhile Parramatta will continue their search for a new club chief executive officer, head of football and a commercial manager.

Coryn Hughes rejoice as Parramatta have signed Union convert Dru Faletolu from Wellington College. He was a part of the Melbourne Rebels and Hurricans junior systems. He plays as a Flanker or No.8 in Union so not sure where exactly he would fit in…

Replies

Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown August 2, 2016 at 8:51pm

LOL at all this nonsense from the media, Jarryd will be back at the eels 100%
- Xman > Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown August 2, 2016 at 8:56pm
  
  Yep all done and heard it will be announced tomorrow
- robert maxwell > Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown August 2, 2016 at 10:28pm
  
  what about cory norman snake..
- DaEelz > Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown August 3, 2016 at 8:19am
  
  Wiping egg off his face as we speak. Unless you're well connected, and I mean 'well connected' then you should stay silent. Another slap in the face for the Eels. Anyway, we move on and so does the club. Might need to move my membership investment across to the WSW though.
- HKF > Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown August 3, 2016 at 11:08am
  
  Wow snake just wow
HKF August 2, 2016 at 8:52pm

$800k not nearly enough to get his signature.
- Daz Sul > HKF August 2, 2016 at 8:58pm
  
  I think the NFL experiment proved money is not his sole motivator.
- Wizardssleeves official receipts > HKF August 3, 2016 at 12:23am
  
  HKF we've been paying him to play NFL , he's getting more than 800K it's just we've pre paid him . But shhhh don't tell The NRL .
Big Dave August 2, 2016 at 8:56pm

A little over 800K per season wow! I'd be surprised if the NRL would approve (value Hayne at that) and whether Hayne would accept it. Considering Hayne rejected 1.35 million per season for 2015 (I accept some of that was TPA's) I'd be shocked if he accepted 800K. If Hayne accepted 800K that would mean, Slater, Smith, Cronk, Thurston, Inglis, Farrah, S.Burgess, DCE and maybe Norman would be on more money then Hayne.
- Bart > Big Dave August 2, 2016 at 9:03pm
  
  Of course they would they approved Foran at $800K, they approved Sam Burgess at $500K...there's not to many blokes in the NRL that get that sort of money as their base (notional value) on the cap.