The only way we can currently have a signed and sealed deal with Brierley is if Leigh allowed us permission to speak to him. Otherwise we'd have to wait til the deadline before any contract can be legitimate.

Does seem a bit strange all round really.

It needs to be wrapped up by whoever is signing him, it's getting boring. Sounds like people are throwing rumours around for the sake of it.

Is Ryan a bit of a wind up merchant do we think........
None of this makes a blind bit of sense. Hudds would just tell Leeds to love off!!!!

Who knows what it says in his contract? There will be allsorts of clauses written in it. Then throw into the mixer that agents leak stories and tell lies for their own good, then add that Derek Beaumont is a full weight Walter Mittey, and Brierley is stuck in the middle.

Has anybody else got bored of this Saga yet?

Ding! Ding! Ding!

Whilst Brierley might be the player involved in the saga, it's obvious his version of events couldn't be trusted to be true.

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Sorry to add to this but, according to the Leigh owner, Huddersfield made LEIGH two offers for Brierley, after he, (the Leigh owner) had discussed with Paul Anderson and Keiron Purtill, what their intentions were. (Ryan had mentioned that Huddersfield and the two Hull clubs were interested in him)

The Leigh owner said that the Huddersfield coaching set up had discussed Ryan, for 2017, (after his current contract with LEIGH expires) as a full back. Our owner then spoke to yours, who made the two (rejected) offers.

All the above is available to watch/listen to on Leigh Centurions TV - and would suggest that Ryan is currently a contracted LEIGH player.

LEIGH

Nice big caps lock Leigh incase we might have missed it there. Three times as well.

I don't think anyone is really saying that Brierley isn't currently a Leigh player. It's which club owns him after his Leigh contract ends.
As I said, if what Frosties has said is true, in that he's got a contract with Leeds for 2017 onwards then that can only have happened with Leighs permission. If not then there's no reason for Hudds to be contacting Leeds.
But there's also no reason for Hudds to be putting a bid in to Leigh for Brierley if they wanted him for 2017.

Add in his resignation and it's all a complete mess and there appears to be disinformation put about on both sides.

I would be disappointed in Leeds if we've signed him for 2017 and then said we don't want him. We shouldn't treat players like that. I suspect it may be more along the lines of offering him a choice. He'd get a guaranteed start at Hudds whereas he wouldn't at Leeds.

Or maybe GH has decided the media circus surrounding Brierley - not known when we "bought him" - isn't worth the hassle.

Or maybe- just maybe, it's all rubbish.
Leeds, Leigh, Hudds or Ryan himself have not made any public statements that agree with, suggest or even fit with Ryan being a Leeds player.
IMO the only way that can be true is if Leeds have been very naughty - If that's true then perhaps they should swap places with Bradfird