Yeah I’d have my money on him staying up there with Tesi for at least the next year. They’ll find a way to make up the difference in remuneration for the next 12 months and then propose a revisit after November 1.
Yeah I’d have my money on him staying up there with Tesi for at least the next year. They’ll find a way to make up the difference in remuneration for the next 12 months and then propose a revisit after November 1.
Pokies must be working at Broncos HQ again..
Oh dear. Apparently he has asked the Broncos to let him play for us for one year to grab the cash and return to Brisbane 2022.
Speculation again, but if true - take our offer off the table right now.
Don't worry, I'm sure Mal is asking someone for his phone number to close the deal.
Don't get too sucked in, guys. It's just the usual media and player manager games. Don't forget how much of the media is on the Broncos payroll too.
Badel is saying that he hasn't agreed to the Broncos that he told them he is still undecided.
"However The Courier Mail’s Peter Badel revealed that Fifita had told Seibold on Tuesday night that he was leaving, before changing his mind overnight to undecided again."
Psmitty
Mdrew. It would be a huge vote and boost to confidence mate. Let’s see what happens.
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What the hell have I just woken up too......
I looked at the Brisbane Forum and they are just as fired up with us with Fifita and the media. Don't even know what to believe anymore.
Get him signed and praise the Lord that broncos keep going backwards this seasons and next
David Fifita stuck between Broncos, Titans as Gold Coast up contract offer
Peter Badel, The Courier-Mail
July 8, 2020 9:53am
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The David Fifita contract saga has taken an explosive twist with the Broncos sensation calling coach Anthony Seibold to tell him he is quitting to join the Titans — then changing his mind in the space of 24 hours.
News Corp can reveal the Titans have upped the ante in one desperate last-ditch bid to poach Fifita from the Broncos, increasing their offer to $1.1 million a season in a bid to blow Brisbane out of the water.
Amid the Titans’ club record offer, the off-contract Fifita is torn over what to do and the private machinations over the past 24 hours have the Broncos on edge about losing their best back-row prospect in 20 years.
Just last week, Broncos recruitment chief Peter Nolan held a meeting with Fifita, making it clear their $700,000 offer for the Queensland hulk was all they could afford under the salary cap.
Fifita was reportedly happy with those terms and verbally agreed to stay, even hugging Nolan as they left the negotiating
But the Titans have come back swinging with more money, prompting Fifita to go back to the Broncos saying the offer is too good to refuse and asking if Brisbane can find more room in the salary cap to increase their offer.
Brisbane’s recruitment-and-retention committee met on Tuesday when they agreed the club would not offer more than $700,000 — effectively a take-it-or-leave-it stance that was conveyed to Fifita.
That prompted Fifita to phone Nolan, coach Seibold and Broncos board member Darren Lockyer late Tuesday night to advise them he would be leaving the Broncos to join the Titans next season.
When Seibold went to sleep on Tuesday night, he hit the sack convinced Fifita would be wearing Titans colours in 2021.
But in a stunning development on Wednesday morning, Fifita called Seibold, Lockyer and Nolan again. He told them he hadn’t completely made up his mind yet and was hopeful of staying at Red Hill, even if it means sacrificing $400,000 next year to remain a Bronco.
Like Fifita, Broncos bosses are in a state of confusion. They have told Fifita they have done everything they can, but if the decision is purely based on money, they simply can’t compete with the Titans’ massive offer.
The Titans have discussed a five-year deal with Fifita but due to his management dispute with agent Steve Deacon, the Broncos forward will agree to only a 12-month term before severing ties with Deacon.
A critical factor in Fifita’s decision-making in his desire to pay off a house for his mum Gwen, who is playing an active role in negotiations.
Fifita has told the Broncos it is his life’s ambition to buy a house for his mum and the Titans deal would inch him closer to that goal. But the Broncos have pointed out that a $700,000 deal is hardly small fry and will enable him to look after his family while playing at the NRL’s richest club alongside his best mate Payne Haas.
In another key twist this morning, Fifita’s teammate Tesi Niu has finalised a 12-month deal with the Broncos — rejecting almost twice as much money to go to the Titans next season.
The Broncos remain hopeful Fifita will follow Niu’s lead and take less to stay.
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David Fifita’s bizarre Brisbane counter offer revealed
Chris Garry
7Sport
Published: 08/07/2020
Updated: 8 July 2020 8:34 am
The most prized asset in the NRL has made a bizarre contract offer that will make him both a Bronco and a Titan at the same time. Credit: Getty
Broncos superstar David Fifita wants a one-season loan to the Titans to take up a million-dollar offer and then return to Brisbane for a long-term multi-million-dollar deal.
This is the strange counter offer the 20-year-old made to the Broncos yesterday.
Predictably, the Broncos have told the off-contract star they aren’t interested because such a move would be disrespecting both clubs.
Fifita has changed his mind three times in four days.
Fifita told Brisbane last night he wanted to sign with Gold Coast for 2021 because their million-dollar offer is 300k more than the Broncos’.
However, Fifita said he didn’t want to be a long-term Titan and wanted to return to the Broncos in 2022, when they have more cap space.
Brisbane officials said they would not change their offer and left the meeting concerned Fifita would sign the Titans deal anyway.
This morning, the athletic backrower, considered the most prized asset in the code, backflipped and let Brisbane know he wanted to stay.
Bronco officials are now again confident he will re-sign but the management issues that have plagued him mean they remain on guard.
Fifita and his management group do not talk. He wants to only sign for one year because his management deal ends in one year.
The Broncos learned the hard way with Anthony Milford, you don’t go over what you are adamant a player is worth.
The offer forced Brisbane to bump their price up and now they have a $950,000 a year contract for a player worth half that price.
They won’t budge with Fifita’s price for next season which is around 700k.
The Broncos do not believe he’s a million dollar player and while they want him long-term they won’t match any offer near that even when they have more cap space in 2022.
To show how ridiculous the situation is, if Fifita signs his one-year deal with the Gold Coast... he will be a free agent in November.
Chris Garry is a rugby league reporter for 7NEWS.com.au, you can follow him on Twitter
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^^^^ tell Fifita we will happily sign Haas too when he comes off contract. Show him and his mum some nice real estate on the canals near the beach. Done.
I note that there is no direct quote from the Player or clubs at this point. However at what point do the @GCTitans walk away from the deal ? This smells like a media circus created by the Broncos to force Fifitas hand.
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As much as he has talent, this smacks of using us and ending badly. It stinks and I’m tired of being every players doormat. I’d like to read “Titans withdraw offer and suggest that Fifita and his mother enjoy their life in Brisbane suburbia.”
Four reasons to escape to Queensland: Sun, Surf, Sand & the Titans.
Hate how this playing out....but tbf we can get Ese'ese and Asiata and have some more $$ in the bank to reward one of our players with Fifita money