1.3M a year for 5 years - no clauses
The Eels have locked down their halfback and made him the highest-paid player in the game.
www.watoday.com.au
Updated February 28, 2025 — 12.36pmfirst published at 11.36am
Mitchell Moses has become the highest-paid player in the game after signing a new five-year contract with Parramatta.
The new contract, which also upgrades his current deal, will result in Mitchell earning $1.3 million per season until the end of 2029. Having only just been handed the captaincy, the development is a huge boost for rookie coach Jason Ryles and could be a potential incentive for halves partner Dylan Brown to stay put.
Moses was already on a deal worth $1.2 million per annum until the end of 2028, but an option in his favour meant that he could exit at the end of season 2026, if he chose to do so before October 31.
Speaking to this masthead at the Fremont St Fan Day in Las Vegas just as the deal was announced, Parramatta chief executive Jim Sarantinos said there were **
no clauses or options in the new deal.
“No, and it’s really important,” Sarantinos said. “We’ve made some key changes to the club and one of those key changes is Mitch being captain.
“This is him showing faith in the direction the club is going and we couldn’t be happier.”
Ryles has only just installed Moses as the club’s new skipper following the departure of Clint Gutherson to the Dragons, but Sarantinos said the captaincy wasn’t used as a bargaining chip.
“That was the right choice for the club,” he said.
“Mitch was invested regardless. These things don’t happen overnight and [he] was only made captain a couple of weeks ago. We were already truly down the path of him being invested long term irrespective of the captaincy.”