Rumoured Targets 3

[perverse]

If those dollar amounts are accurate, by the time you consider that he’s getting paid peanuts this year and turned down an upgrade for 2025, he’s not really getting too much extra money by signing with another club for 2026 and beyond.

That's worth noting, yeah. We could have bumped his pay for 2025, and i'm sure it was a part of the offer, yet it still wasn't good enough (in either dollars or just... Leo wasn't that keen to stay).

Not good. You would think with an extra year to sweeten the deal we could have got to about the same offer overall for a reasonable price (around 600k a year would have been a number i'd certainly be interested in having him on).

 

[TooheysNew]

750k seems okay for the Raiders. Wonder how much we offered. 600k?

Still worried we not making any signings while losing half our cap in 2026.

And to think you wanted to throw the farm at him a few months ago

 

[Rod]

Apparently his partner being from Canberra has factored into his decision also..

 

[Woody90]

I actually still think 750k (if that’s at all accurate) is overs for Leo (Knights and Dogs apparently felt the same and didn’t complete $$$ wise from a few articles today).

It’s a good deal for him. Highest bidder and less traveling back and forth with his partner.

Does highlight the game is pretty f**ked though when one club can literally fill 1/3 of its top 30 by poaching from one single club. Tapine was the only one I was genuinely pissed about but still. Should get some kind of financial compensation.

 

[Yosh]

And to think you wanted to throw the farm at him a few months ago

I did? Didn't know! But good on you.

 

[TooheysNew]

I did? Didn't know! But good on you.