According to the reliable Mr Parker in today's paper, the above teams are battling to prise away John Bateman. Apparently he has 12 months left on his deal but neither club have offered enough so far..

I was under the impression he had signed until the end of 2015?

He did. rlClickyrl

Unless the barny he had regarding wages earlier in the year was the final straw, from what I'm told all he's wanted to do was play for Bradford.

Hudders are remarkably keen on players we've developed aren't they?

If we don't sell more season tickets then I can see Bateman being let go to make ends meet. Wakey have had to do it and so could we.

Surely rather than pay a fee, Huddersfield will tap him up illegally, then wait for an opportunity for him to break his contract and leave that way?

Erm...allegedly.

I suspect this is what Mick was referring to when he tweeted this about a week ago:

Mick Gledhill ‏@TheGameCaller 25 Oct

I love it when the vultures start to circle thinking they can aquire things below market value. Not happening. Happy #RLWC2013 Day Everyone.

That won't happen this time. There's no player for Huddersfield to illegally sack to make room under the salary cap

They could unload Kopcrap.

It's true.

Ross Heppenstall just tweeted "John Bateman has been sold to Wigan for an undisclosed fee in a shock move after handing in a transfer request."

Oh FFS!!!!!!!!!

Just depressing and reflective of how far we have fallen down.

One would hope that it can act as a "Newlove" move and be a catalyst for re-building.

Just great.
And why undisclosed? Does that mean we got eff all?

Story on the bulls website. I can't be bothered linking, that'll really boost the season ticket sales.....

Shouldn't be surprised, and to be perfectly honest I don't blame him, with how the club has been run in the time Bateman has been coming through. He's pretty much only known a shambles and he has so much potential, so it's no surprise he'd rather play for Wigan, or that we'd take the cash to make ends meet. Just wish he'd not said that guff about only wanting to play for home town club.

Cr@p news. But good luck john.

Good Luck?

koppy
Whitehead
bateman

3 Bradford lads - 3 utter w****rs.

Looking to the only positives we seem to keep developing great youngsters, we just need to create an environment they want to stay in.