Money wasn’t the issue. They only wanted to offer Reynolds a year at a time
“Unfortunately for us our salary cap position in future years did not enable us to offer Adam anything more than a one year contract at this stage” - Rabbitohs CEO.
Are they blowing smoke? A possibility, though I don’t think it’s far from the truth. Bennett is notorious for back-ending contracts to optimise short term success.
They have lured Arrow on good money. Mitchell gets a lofty pay rise next year not to mention the fact that they have Cook on the books. Murray, Graham and Knights have all re-signed after showing their value. These five players from 2022 are getting paid a stack more than the median player in their respective position.
Walker is off contract come 2022 and the only plausible way for them to nab Moses would be for him to accept a pretty big hit for the next two years and be the highest paid player in the game for the two succeeding.
The fact that he wants to be at a strong club leaves us as the only viable option, unless five plus years is offered to him by the Rabbitohs.
https://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news/2021/05/13/reynolds-to-move-on-to-another-nrl-club-at-seasons-end/