I would be more interested in getting our young lads resigned .. Mike Cooper , Gaz O'Brien etc before looking to other clubs youngsters. These are tried and tested in the squad an day well be seen as prize assets for the lower end teams..
Much as I have loved watching Moz play in primrose and blue I do think he is coming to the natural end of his career at the top.
Keep hold of our current young lads.... I am sure that the likes of Widnes or Salford etc would love to swoop in take them of us if we not careful. In particular Coops isn't Cullen his uncle?

I would agree about Moz, fantastic player in his day, but I would have thought this ought to be his last year. However, clearly TS doesn't think so; " I would like to keep all my senior players".

I would not be overly worried at this point in the season about most of our younger players though. Certainly Coops will be fairly well paid, and whilst Widnes could offer him more he would be foregoing the chance of silverware. Warrington is now a top club and all players want to play in a grand final or a CC final. That is the reason Ratchford joined last year, even though he knew he was not guaranteed a 1st team place.
For the 'U20's', it may well be more of a temptation to sign for the likes of Widnes. They are not on a great deal of money, they are not playing regular 1st team football, and they are young - they could be anywhere in 2 yrs time. So you may have a point in regards to the likes of Laithwaite

I think its good that Tony Smith has come and put this one to bed. It reminds me of when Paul Cullen reacted to all the stupid speculation that we were chasing Adrian MorleyThe claims made are utter rubbish and absolute fabrication at all conceivable levels," said Cullen. "We will not allow our supporters and sponsors to be misled in this manner." '" menmedia.co.uk/manchesterevening ... _talk.html

I think its good that Tony Smith has come and put this one to bed. It reminds me of when Paul Cullen reacted to all the stupid speculation that we were chasing Adrian MorleyThe claims made are utter rubbish and absolute fabrication at all conceivable levels," said Cullen. "We will not allow our supporters and sponsors to be misled in this manner." '" menmedia.co.uk/manchesterevening ... _talk.html

Smith probably hasn't been told about it. Bradford have stated they've got a 6 figure offer in writing from Simon Moran, so unless he's buying players for another RL club, I'd say it's pretty nailed on.

Any delay will just be Moran delaying the completion of the move to see if the Bulls are liquidated. If they are he'll snap him up for free.

In late 2010 Smith said we would not be signing any more players for Super League XVI. Days later we signed Joel Monaghan.