@alexaki said:
**Believe what you wish but these are the facts – 100%.**
* The club wanted to keep Tede$co…. That is why they offered him a 4 year contract. You don’t do that for players you don’t want to keep!.
* The money on offer was not spread evenly over 4 years due to our salary cap position. This is what annoyed Tede$co and his manager. This is a very common strategy employed by most clubs due to the nature of the cap and there is nothing Mayer could do to accommodate Tede$co’s request to spread his contract evenly..
* The Raiders offered Tede$co more per annum than the Tigers were prepared to offer, however, the Tigers offer over 4 years was more than the Raiders total offer.
At the end of the day these were the sticking points contract wise that could not be resolved.
However, I’ve heard Tede$co **had little intentions of staying a WT** providing he was offered a decent deal by the Raiders.... the intention to become a Raider was determined very early this year by Tede$co, his family and Manager.
* The club wanted to keep Tede$co…. That is why they offered him a 4 year contract. You don’t do that for players you don’t want to keep!.
Wrong - First impression was that the club did not want to keep him. His not on very much money this year and the club offered him less for next year than what he earns this year.....You don't do that if you want to keep a player.
Robbie Farah has already stated the club handled it badly from the start. But Mayer is not to blame for this as he was not involved in initial talks.
Tedesco requested to spread his contract evenly.
Wrong - Very stupid comment. Nothing to do with spreading money evenly no one has a contract set up with the same money each year and no one asked for that.
* The Raiders offered Tede$co more per annum than the Tigers were prepared to offer, however, the Tigers offer over 4 years was more than the Raiders total offer.
Wrong -- The Raiders offer was always more even over 3 years it included accommodation and a car. That would have to make the Wests Tigers fourth year 900k+ and seeing his now only resigned with Wests Tigers for 3 years obviously the fourth year was not as you say.
*However, I’ve heard Tede$co **had little intentions of staying a WT** providing he was offered a decent deal by the Raiders.... the intention to become a Raider was determined very early this year by Tede$co, his family and Manager.
This is your worst guess of all - I have no idea what the intentions of his manager were but Tedesco and his family always wanted to stay at Wests Tigers. You only have to attend a game to see the way James' family and Grant Mayer get along. Please you really are so stupid. That is just a complete lie on your behalf.