Has Marvin Golden signed for Salford???? I must have missed that.

Despite Koukash's rattlings about big name signings nothing had happened for months
Until now with the Whitehead signing for a substantial sum of money.
It does now seem to be a commitment to expenditure and a statement of intent.

There is little doubt in my mind that Brian Noble would not have joined Salford without being assured of a War Chest to significantly improve the entire team.
So a large signing on fee and a considerably better contract for Whitehead is a start

Confirmed on T&A website this morning that Whitehead has turned Salford down.

I wish he hadn't turned Salford down. The good that would have come to us from the money. We really could have built for next year . At least the thought of Nobby crying into his weetabix that he can't sign any players will make me smile this morning.

Catalan looks like the only viable option now. Perhaps a swap deal could be arranged if the Dragons are reluctant to pay a transfer fee?

Looks like some negotiation to be done with Catalans. Shame the Salford deal didn't go through from our POV.

Apparently Cummins is prepared to let Whitehead stew rather than just give in to his demands.

What demands are they???

Don't believe all you read in the papers.

I'm really starting to think something else has gone on here that has made EW want away from the club.
Even right from the outset, there was no logic whatsoever behind both the timing of all this and also his reasons. He wants to join a top four club, but did he honestly believe that a club aspiring to finish so far up the table would have cap space free mid-season to accomodate him?
Surely neither he nor his agent are that naive.

So most people then go on to assume that he was tapped up, perhaps even by Salford themselves. But it has been weeks since his request to leave was submitted, the club have had only one serious offer, and EW has rejected the move. So that pretty much rules out the tapping up theory imo, otherwise surely a deal would have been done by now.

The report in today's t&a mentions that FC and EW spoke last Friday, but they were unable to reach a 'reconciliation'. I think there is more to this than we are being led to believe.

Whitehead wants to leave, and wants to go to a top 4 club. Those are his demands. However he won't get what he wants unless Catalans or whoever are prepared to stump up. In the meantime Cummins isn't going to welcome him back into the fold or let him go for peanuts.

all bluster I'm afraid.

Just wait for the real news to be confirmed.

So you're saying the club will let him go for nowt? Can't see it.

Elliott can sit on his backside colecting his contract payments but those £700 match fees add up to a lot of cash that he won't be getting while this impasse continues.

Elliot turning down the move to Salford makes me think the complete opposite. If he wanted out so badly because of some behind the scenes problems we don't know about, he would have accepted any move offered to him. Especially since we can assume Salford were going to pay him better than we pay him.

Him and franny met but couldn't reach a 'reconciliation' I think that's fair enough.... Elliot wants to play for a top 4 club and we are currently not top 4. It doesn't mean it was a heated argument between then. Perhaps just a 'I need a change of scene, I want to test myself at the top now.

For all the Elliot bashing, rightly and wrongly IMO, maybe Elliot turning down Salford is just him sticking to what he said he wanted, a chance at a top 4 club.... surely we should give him credit for that

If he gets a move to Catalans the onus will be on him to become a top player, there'll be no room for excuses then. If he does it then good luck to him. I just hope we get a few quid.

I wonder if Elliots situation has got anything to do with a potential new director pulling out ?

You want to retract this libellous statement now?