Parramatta Eels front-rower Junior Paulo continues a contract standoff with the Parramatta Eels after losing the Perth Bears deal.Contract talks collapsed between Paulo and the Bears in August after his management asked for a two-year deal at $900,000 per season.
This led the Western Australian-based club to pursue Corey Horsburgh from the Canberra Raiders after he had a falling out with Ricky Stuart.
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that a deal has been offered to extend with the Parramatta Eels.
Parramatta have offered Junior Paulo $650,000 per season, which still doesn't meet his expectations.
Paulo missed most of the season after having minor knee surgery.
There had been whispers that Super League clubs believed Paulo was available for the 2027 season, according to The Daily Telegraph.
"Junior is super important for us in terms of experience in the middle third of the field; we are quite young there," Jason Ryles said at the end of the season about closing Paulo on a new deal.
If Paulo stays at Parramatta, he will join his co-captain at international level, Jarome Luai, who is heading to the Eels in a 12-month stopgap deal for 2027.
Another Samoan star, Jaydn Su'A, will also arrive at the club on a three-year deal from the St George Illawarra Dragons.
It is likely that at this stage, Paulo will remain at Parramatta; however, money is a major factor for the 32-year-old in his next year.
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Nobody's been more critical of recruitment and retention here than me over the past decade. And look where we are.
Prove me wrong.
Now you're just being hysterical. You actually make zero sense. Jibbering away like a drunk on a keyboard.
What we should not do is listen to a dude who thinks we stuffed up by not paying Dopey Dylan 1.4 million 😂😂😂 now he wants to pay Paulo 900k. Same bloke alway blabbering on about how he knows R&R are idiots , but then tells me he wants to do exactly what they're doing now as they are doing it right..... I think you've spun yourself into a corner trying to prove I'm the idiot and forgot the previous crap you've peddled ?
Go and sleep lasts nights Woodstocks off .
You can only see what's in front of your nose is the only hysteria going on here.
Recruitment and critical of it something we agree on then because clearly it's not good enough.
As for the DB 1.4 shite your the only dope mentioning that try find a post where I've ever said I'd want to pay that.To be real here that's just your stupidity writing that cheque.
Since your not a big picture guy and choose to see what you want to see I'll just continue to lower the discussion down to the spoon feeding because that's all your good for because you choose to see what you want to see on this topic.
Woodstocks is that the flavour is it do yourself and everyone else a favour just say no.
Paulo is a shadow of what he once was and is getting worse each year. He looks like he hates the collision these days. Sadly that is what he would display if kept around as a leader for our pack for others to follow. Sam T already seems to follow in his footsteps with a short run, almost flat footed when taking the ball up.
paulo also fails to chase kicks and barely moves up in defence most of the time leaving holes in the line. Not what you want from the leader of your pack.
Our defence was much improved when he was out injured.
The only role I see for him is as a ball playing lock in short stints but he is not worth anywhere near the money he wants.
A shadow of what he was? did you watch the games this year MB....he carried injuries and played when he should not have, delayed his surgery.....and did a good job in those games where we ran a lot off sides to close scores and the ones we won.
PS They all hate the collision, if you don't and do not try and defend yourself, you are in deep shit, especially carrying injuries. have a look at the players being busted from the kick off's, you mean to say that you would not turn your hip into the 4 gang tacklers about to hit you.
if we get Spencer lik all the rumors are perdicting with Tuivaiti, Brown and Doorey and Prykewe don't need Paulo as he offers nothing is a leach and blight should pull the offer and show strength not desperation
The only problem you'll find with Lenui he's never been Batman he's always been Robin now your asking him to be Batman.Penrith and the Roosters he's been the guy off the bench here he's going to have to play big minutes and provide the same energy.Can he do it well if he comes here he's got no choice he's going to have to be the guy.
If we lose him, we are in trouble. Dontbgive this he not worth it, no team gets rid of their top prop unless they have another, we don't.
We're definitely worse without Paulo, if we were to lose him it depends on what we would do with his cap space.
He's past his best by quite a way and whilst he has a few games that remind us of his brilliance, this chronic knee issue is going to make him age even faster so it's diminishing returns.
I think our offer is solid. It's not like we're in for a shot of a premiership next year anyway. We have to be thinking of what we can build from '28 onwards.
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