Quote: Saddened! "Depends who the 8 clubs are. They might not be clubs able to pay a fee. '" The extra Sky money could help. I don't see the panic to sell unless a club comes in with a big offer. The club could allow him to leave next year and still command a reasonable transfer fee. Does anyone think Fages could be on Leigh or Bradford's radar if either get promoted and have a larger player budget? MEN article says his contract ends this year but this says otherwise. www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/ ... ch-starlet

Quote: Saddened! "Depends who the 8 clubs are. They might not be clubs able to pay a fee. '" The extra Sky money could help. I don't see the panic to sell unless a club comes in with a big offer. The club could allow him to leave next year and still command a reasonable transfer fee. Does anyone think Fages could be on Leigh or Bradford's radar if either get promoted and have a larger player budget? MEN article says his contract ends this year but this says otherwise. www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/ ... ch-starlet

Who would've thought it? We give a 29 year old aussie a 4 year contract and the young prospect coming through in the same position decides he wants to leave. (See also, Marc Sneyd).

I understand the Dobson signing, Theo has a lot still to learn in the game but I have to agree that 4 years was ridiculous at the time. It certainly doesn’t send the right message out to Theo does it?

Surely we can rule Saints out as they must have loads of top class halves coming through the youth system that means they never buy anyone (apart from all the people they buy).

What's that about? Of course we sign from outside. We do produce more than anyone bar Leeds and Wigan though.

I can see Warrington being interested in him, have seen various news items about Myler being of interest to NRL teams and that Smith was urging him to take any offer made to him.

One team who hasn't been mentioned seems the most logical to me in Catalan, getting one of their own back and for Theo it means a move home and you'd guess certain inclusion in the French squad rather than bit part appearances.

It might be worth noting that even if Theo ran his deal down, he would still be too young to walk as free agent (the Bosman ruling kicks in for players aged 24 years and older). So unless the club agree to let him go for nothing, he won’t be going for nothing in the foreseeable future!

Yeah it could be the case of agents increasing their client’s bartering position. Was reading the other day about Gus Risman asking for a trial at Arsenal in the early 1930s, which was seen more of a way for Gus to secure more match pay than a genuine threat to leave.

Confirmed club offered Theo more than he asked for but he has still rejected the contract and asked to leave. He isn’t willing to continue negotiations and just wants a move away from the club.

rlSalford seek world record fee for the hottest property in Super Leaguerl

Is the good Doctor taking the wrong medication currently? A world record fee

There does come a time to dig your heels in, but rather than being so bullish when things like this crop up, Dr Koukash would probably be better considering why this has happened in the first place. If he fixed those elements, maybe things like this wouldn't crop up so much. It doesn't seem like this is related to money, Salford claim to have beaten Fages demands and on longer terms.

I'm not sure how cashed up the Dragons are at the moment, but would like to see them take Fages back. The best French players should always play for a French team to encourage the sports development over there. Saints certainly won't be paying a world record fee for anyone, I certainly can't see us reaching six figures.

Patterson next.

Is there a reason behind this that you know of? Harris? Koukash? The departures of Long/Hunte?

I think the timing of this transfer request is lousy considering the importance of Sunday's match at Wakefield.

Given the rumours that have been circulating for weeks/months now does it really matter?

Does Theo play on Sunday? When is Dobson due back?

It would appear that heels are being dug in - Dr K saying it will need to be a world record fee (what is he smoking?)

Patterson is only on a one-year deal anyway, so his contract is up at the end of the season. Heard similar stories myself but the club he had been speaking to was Leigh! Apparantly his agent has advised him to stay where he his, as a high profile head-coach (no prizes for guessing who) will be in charge next season.

I don't know what to believe at the moment though.