Latrell Mitchell Contract Discussion

[Elderslie_Tiger]

This LM saga gone on longer than Days of our Lives please sign with someone and put us out of our misery

 

[Geo]

It’s the 6th

 

[trentrunciman]

sounds like he's off to the bunnies

 

[Bathursttiger2]

Just met someone who is related to Rose, Latrell's "new " manager.
They advised me not to give up on Latrell coming to the Tigers.
I don't know what to make of this, but I'll be happy if he comes.

I might go and ask Matt Rose’s mum see if she has any inside info.

 

[trentrunciman]

do the tigers still have that massive salary cap to spend?

i don;t recall tigers signing any1

 

[Newtown]

If Rose is better than the previous muppet it makes total sense for him to sit down with Souths and WT this week, see where both clubs are at and what they're prepared to offer so he can go back to Mitchell and advise him what his options are and what he thinks he should do. He wouldn't be doing his job if he only talks to souths, unless LM has told him directly 'I only want to play for souths' in which case he's talking himself out of money.

Is he talking himself out of money?

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Funny how the last manager is asking for $150K to end his representation. I wonder if he'll go legal and whether he is entitled to request compensation.

 

[HabboTiger]

If manager gets an 8% cut then no wonder he thinks he is entitled to that amount. If it was a 3 mill salary that would be 270K over contract.

 

[Newtown]

Funny how the last manager is asking for $150K to end his representation. I wonder if he'll go legal and whether he is entitled to request compensation.

I think his last manager is entitled to stress compensation.

 

[twentyforty]

I think you have to sign someone for “market value” I remember the eels trying to sign Falau a few years ago for loose change and the nrl wouldn’t allow it.

If that really were the case, then why are there so many player agents raking in 7% of contracts?

 

[Red88_Tiger]

Funny how the last manager is asking for $150K to end his representation. I wonder if he'll go legal and whether he is entitled to request compensation.

Also makes you wonder if Latrell didn't turn up to a meeting because he didn't want to give his manager leverage

 

[twentyforty]

7% of all NRL team’s caps is around a $20m cash flow. I can see why Braith Anasta is getting into it.

 

[innsaneink]

It’s the 6th

Are we back to trainig?
Nothing on the socials but seeing other clubs are

 

[WT2K]

It’s the 6th
Are we back to trainig?
Nothing on the socials but seeing other clubs are

Tomorrow. Qld preseason camp.

 

[tiga4eva]

They're already there

 

[TheDaBoss]

Probably at that boot camp that they talked Bout in the live interview

 

[TheDaBoss]

*bwaith has something to say about the saga*


Braith Anasta: Why Rabbitohs are ‘perfect fit’ for unwanted Latrell
Abandoned Roosters star Latrell Mitchell’s future is still up in the air.
Abandoned Roosters star Latrell Mitchell’s future is still up in the air.
NRL great Braith Anasta believes South Sydney would be a “perfect fit” for unwanted Roosters star Latrell Mitchell.

The 22-year-old has been linked to South Sydney, Canterbury, Wests Tigers, North Queensland and Gold Coast but Anasta sees a deal with South Sydney a no-brainer given the retirement of Greg Inglis.

"I know that Souths are interested in him, I know they’re trying to table an offer at the moment, they’ve just got to work out the situation with Jai Arrow,” Anasta told Fox Sports News.

“They’re going to make it happen. It’s a perfect fit with Greg Inglis not there anymore. He’s a great player and they need outside backs. It just makes sense.”

The Roosters have attempted to put a stop to what seems to be a never-ending contract saga by granting Mitchell a leave of absence.

It’s a timely decision given Mitchell is set to employ his third agent in eight months, which has led Anasta to call into question Mitchell’s management.

“He will be a great player no matter where he goes but the advice he’s receiving, I couldn’t encourage that as an ex rugby league player and as someone now who is involved in sports management,” Anasta said.

 

[Ponyo]

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/ar...hs-on-four-year-contract-20200106-p53p6y.html

Latrell Mitchell's contract saga looks to be anything but over after the Rabbitohs declared their main focus has shifted to getting newly signed Jai Arrow to Redfern this season.

On Monday, Souths announced the signing of Titans forward Arrow on a four-year contract from the 2021 season. But South Sydney general manager of football, Shane Richardson, said any potential talks with star centre Mitchell would need to take a back seat as the club puts their energy into securing Arrow immediately.

Everyone is shouting from the rooftops and I don't quite understand why," Richardson said. "At the end of the day, he is not my priority at the moment."

"We will worry about him once our priority is sorted out, and that's Jai Arrow."

The Titans are holding out on an early release for Arrow and are reportedly warming to the idea of a transfer fee and player swap in return. Richardson said it was a decision "for Gold Coast to make".

After being granted leave of absence from the Roosters when they returned to training on Monday morning, Mitchell was reportedly looking to take his chances on a one-year deal with South Sydney on around $400,000 for 2020.

The initial salary is a far cry from his initial asking price of $1 million a season, but the idea was to secure a longer-term contract at the end of the season if the Rabbitohs can move players on from Redfern.

Richardson said the club's major focus has now turned to securing Arrow as a much-needed replacement for Sam Burgess in 2020.

Jai Arrow was exactly what we wanted recruitment wise," he said."I'm not worried about [Latrell] at the moment . . . once we know what is going on with [Arrow] then we will make a decision based on what money we've got left over and what we can and can't do."

The future of Mitchell at Redfern looks to be even more uncertain when looking at the Souths line-up for 2020.

We've got a plethora of backs, and they're not just backs, they're quality backs.

Shane Richardson
While the signing of Arrow was said to be "critical" to the side's forward pack, Richardson said he is comfortable with his current backline.

Roosters coach Trent Robinson said in November he believed his centre was on the hunt for a club that would play him at fullback.

We've got a plethora of backs, and they're not just backs, they're quality backs," Richardson said.

Since the Roosters withdrew a two-year contract extension for 2021 and 2022 at the end of October, Mitchell has been in talks with Wests Tigers, North Queensland, the Titans and the Rabbitohs over his future.

Despite withdrawing their offer in November, the Tigers say they are still interested in securing Mitchell. And despite signing Valentine Holmes on a multi-million dollar six-year deal, the Cowboys also say they are still "in talks" with Mitchell.

"At the end of the day, he's got to be happy. And he's got to be playing football where he wants to play. Whether that's at Souths or at Wests or wherever it is, I don't know. But all I know is, I don't think it's unfair for him to take his time to make his mind up," Richardson said.

Richardson said the reality of the situation was "far bigger" than just "putting Latrell in a Souths jersey" and that he hadn't even met the Roosters centre yet.

"Once [the Arrow situation] is done, we will just sit down and take our time and think of what we need, so we don't waste the money and make sure we spend the money wisely."

 

[Tiger_Steve]

Can someone tell me: do other sports have this ridiculous circus around layer contracts and movement? Serious question. In the sports I follow, I do not see this theatre played out like this

 

[twentyforty]

*bwaith has something to say about the saga*


Braith Anasta: Why Rabbitohs are ‘perfect fit’ for unwanted Latrell
Abandoned Roosters star Latrell Mitchell’s future is still up in the air.
Abandoned Roosters star Latrell Mitchell’s future is still up in the air.
NRL great Braith Anasta believes South Sydney would be a “perfect fit” for unwanted Roosters star Latrell Mitchell.

The 22-year-old has been linked to South Sydney, Canterbury, Wests Tigers, North Queensland and Gold Coast but Anasta sees a deal with South Sydney a no-brainer given the retirement of Greg Inglis.

I think Latrell would be a perfect fit for Wests Tigers given the retirement of Robbie Farah.