Fully agree. If he'd already signed he wouldn't be getting in the team now if it was up to me. Why develop a player for nothing? This is what makes me take the rumour with a pich of salt

Because I know more than you?

What do you want me to say? Give up my source? Not gonna happen, but I tell you now. Eastmond is gooooooooone.

Eastmond's got another full year on his contract yet. Some hefty money would have to be offered to break that. I doubt even union would offer that.

I very much doubt he himself knows what he'll be doing after that yet, but I suspect Saints will be on his list of considerations.

This is all posteuring by his agent. Who, by the way, can not be band. Any pro sportsman has a RIGHT to be represented by an agent.

Not really, the union clubs will wait and at the end of next season he's worth nothing so if you know he's going you might as well get something for him but it probably won't be much. Would you rather have a disinterested player on the salary cap for a year?

Isn't that what you do to milk?

If he wants to go all it takes is a photo of him in a Sale shirt and the fans will be begging to pay his bus fare (cf Chris Ashton).