so if we have to pay some sort of compensation or transfer fee i am assuming that would count against our salary cap for this season?
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co....ten-to-aussie-offers-for-chase-gill-1-5578662
Former Man of Steel Rangi Chase’s future at Castleford Tigers is back in doubt after new chief executive Steve Gill confirmed that the club will listen to offers for the England international.
Chase is under contract until the end of 2015, but Tigers made it clear last year that they were prepared to offload him to cut their wage bill,
Super League rivals Hull and Australian club St George-Illawarra both came close to signing the New Zealand-born ball player, but he pledged himself to Tigers after those moves fell through.
Now clubs from Australia’s elite NRL are understood to have renewed their interest.
Gill said Tigers – who turned down an approach from Salford City Reds earlier this season – are unwilling to let Chase go to one of their Super League rivals, but a lucrative offer from Down Under could be considered.
“If a club came with the right money for Rangi Chase, we’d be a fool not to listen,” he said.
Asked if anything was imminent, Gill added: “We can’t say at this moment in time.
“We have got emails flying right, left and centre. We have to consider every option.”
Gill – whose temporary role was made permanent last weekend – said Tigers are unlikely to pursue the Australian forward that previous coach Ian Millward was keen to sign before he was sacked this week.
“It was in its infancy,” said Gill. “There’s a lot of things to take into consideration.
“I am really concerned if we bring a new coach in and he’s not the right player for him.
“He was a back-rower type of player and I think we’ve got a lot of quality in the back-row. Do we really need to bring someone in to freshen it up?
“We’ve just brought Ryan Boyle in to give us that and he went really well last weekend. The money is there, but I think chief executive officers can make too many rash decisions in terms of bringing players in just for the sake of bringing them in.
“If the coach in question wants to bring a player in, then we’ll listen. I don’t want anyone saying ‘it’s not my team’. We’ll sit down and discuss it together.”
Meanwhile, Gill revealed the decision to axe Millward was made last Sunday morning and assistant-coach Danny Orr was asked to take caretaker-charge the following day.
Gill has already had “six or seven” applications, from prospective coaches and there are no plans for Orr to be in charge until the end of the year.
“There’s always possibilities, but that’s not something we envisage at this moment in time,” said Gill, who favours bringing in an English team boss.
Orr has made it clear he does not feel ready to take on the head coaching role on a permanent basis and Gill respects that.
“Danny is a great club man and well respected in the game,” he said. “We have to look after Danny, because he could be one of the next top Super League coaches.”
