An exasperated Ray Price said he couldn't win in the row over funding of a statue in his honour.
"It doesn't matter what I say," the Parramatta rugby union and rugby league legend said.
"Let's be clear: I never asked for a statue. The fans approached the Parramatta Stadium Trust.
"I've had fans asked me: who do we donate to?"
Price said he had decided on a grassy area between the stadium and Parramatta Leagues Club as his preferred site.
The wrangle began when the trust decided to rename Parramatta Stadium's Ray Price Lounge as the Cumberland Lounge, a decision fans saw as a slight against a favourite son.
The trust then decided in December to commission a bronze sculpture in Price's honour.
The Eels board subsequently voted against sharing the cost, saying it wasn't consulted.
Noted sculptor Alan Somerville estimated a two-metre bronze statue would cost about $100,000.
"That's a ballpark figure," said Mr Somerville, whose bronze life-sized sculptures have included cricket great Richie Benaud and the late former NSW Governor, Sir Roden Cutler.
"There would be 14 weeks in the iron foundry and about three months to do the sculpture. All up, it would be about eight months' work."
Parramatta chief executive and trust member Denis Fitzgerald confirmed the Eels had written to the trust, suggesting the proposed stadium southern grandstand be called the Ray Price Stand. The State Government has committed $6 million to the estimated $24 million cost but the project is in limbo, given the Federal Government's belt-tightening.
Meanwhile, trust venue manager Luke Coleman said a walkway outside of the stadium, honouring former Parramatta sporting greats, was being considered.
"The trust is discussing it but it's not firmly on the agenda," Mr Coleman said.
"It would be a more proper way of honouring the various sporting legends.
"There is a lot of history on the site from its time as Cumberland Oval."
He said a series of plaques had been discussed but the first priority was completing the Price statue.
