Backed up by Joel Tomkins who has signed a new 3 yr deal with Wigan

Nobody should expect him for free, however a tribunal would take into consideration how much a year Marc was on and how many years he had left on his contract. We all know that he only had one year left on his contract and some one must know how much he was on a year but i would hazard a guess it isn't a lot.

Am I right in thinking that because he came through our system any wages we pay him would been curtailed as far as counting on the salary cap? if so we surely must be.have been in a position to offer him the highest wage?

No. Home grown cap cap was never voted on and is therefore yet to be implemented. Even if it had been brought in, the first 100k of his salary still counts on the cap. I wouldn't even guess how much his current contract is, but I'd bet if his next contract is 6 figures, that's probably 3/4 times the current salary ...

But as Marwan has tweeted, he rejected a new deal from yourselves. He doesn't want to be there quite clearly.

A deal will have to be made with a club, I just hope Cas can negotiate one that suits all parties.

I would say this is the most stupid thing I've read all day but someone on Twitter suggested Koukash should simply release him because he doesn't need the money.

Yes, because it works like that. It was well known that Gareth Bale was earning £85m at Spurs.

I can't see the point in forcing a player to stay when he doesn't want to. More so if he isn't first choice in his chosen position.

None of us really knows the conversations, real or imagined, between Sneyd and the club's management, so any inferences that the lad has been dishonest are nonsense.

I saw his quality a couple of years ago and offered that, to me, he was the closest I'd seen to Shaun Edwards for some time. Others disagreed. Apparently some big names might be interested, so I may not have been so daft afterall!

If he wants to go, let him. There is no value in making a player do something he doesn't want to do. But at the right price. And that is nothing to do with the value of his contract. It has everything to do with his perceived worth.

So far as Alan Hunte is concerned, if Salford achieve Sneyd's worth, he will have done his job. And should be congratulated on that. He also has others who have the potential, but SRD are not a club to experiment with their youth in the way that others have.

Wigan turned out what appears to have been a superb performance tonight with a massive youthful contingent. SRD have some equally talented lads in A Walne, J Walne, Owen, Davidson, Ford and Tyson, to name some, who are capable, together with the other youngsters, Evalds and Fages, of emulating the Wigan kids, given the chance.

Good luck to him whatever he decides.
His performances at Cas have surprised most of us and he deserves a starting place at 6 or 7.
We have decided that Dobson and Chase will be our first choices so you can't blame him at all.
As regards the fee,it's being suggested that there's a formula that the RFL works to.
I've no idea whether that's true but clearly if that's right then we'll have no choice

Sneyd's future is at Castleford it seems in that case.

Sneyd's future is where his agent can get him and himself the best deal. Sneyd's future at Cas is not certain at all at the moment.

But the "best" deal is not necessarily entirely financial - for a player with aspirations say to play internationals etc. it may well include the prestige value of the club, the quality of the coaching etc etc - many factors.

His agent has been offering him to several SL clubs so it would seem that his heart is not set on a move to Cas but too wherever he can get the best deal.If he was dead set on a move to Cas he would tell his agent to get the deal done regardless of the financial package being offered but he hasnt done that.
His agent has acted badly on this one.Going round offering the services of his client to other clubs when he already has an existing contract with 18 months still to run is not good.

I never suggested it was.

I was inferring that the best deal is one where all parties are happy. That may well mean he moves to a different Club than Cas and us.

I'd hope St Helens would be intrested in him but can't see us paying any large fee?