It is open to debate, but my concern is that he's not going to give of his best when he'd rather be somewhere else, and that's on top of not looking anywhere near international class during 2020. Take the point that he's highly unlikely to be replaced, and hope he's better than anticipated if and when he wears the P&B in 2021.

I take your point and agree that it's a concern keeping a player against his will but I'm hopeful that in Widdop's case if he is with us then he will "give of his best" he just strikes me as an honest guy.

That's all we can ask for imo

Agree, I don’t think he is a mickey taker.

Back in the UK for pre-season apparently, hopefully if things get back to normal it will show on the field with him. with Inglis in the team and a better forward pack i'm excited for this season

Preseason starts next week for Wire, not overly surprised Widdop hasn’t been able to find a club in the NRL tbh given his recent form and injury record the last few seasons.

Unless there is some other saga or drama to come out of an NRL club regarding one of their halves and a player gets sacked/released. I think the opportunity has well and truly passed, all the NRL teams are pretty much settled in preseason now.

Yeah i couldn't see any club with any money to pick him up, And i agree with the above that he's proberbly the best half we could get now. I hope he can settle in and find his form. But to be fair it's the coaching and skill levels that needs to improve.

Christ if he's back already he's only had about 9 or so non quarantine days over there

Family Christmas’s (sp) can be over rated (but not in my house, I still love it)

Widdop here for next season then as no other team in the world apart from Warrington want to pay his 500k salary.

Is preseason actually going ahead now there’s another lockdown?

And more importantly, will Inglis still come for preseason, or delay until mid-season, or jack it all in for the NRL?

Rumours today about GI having second thoughts ?

Maybe he didn't like the kits, felt they were a little tight and parramattary.

Hope that isn't true but this covid situation is going to cause him to question it surely. He would want to play in front of crowds and to see some of europe, let's face it, its looking more doubtful for both of those things to happen in 2021 right now.

Also the financial strain (only going to get worse as well) on superleague could be problematic.

They are having Covid tests this week before training on Monday so it's going ahead so shouldn't stop Inglis, and i think he's a man of his word who wouldn't just backflip on his contract.

He probably is a man of his word, but you couldn't be too annoyed at him if he decided it wasn't for him. Not only moving to a Covid hotspot, but the quality of life he will be able to enjoy over here will be significantly different to what he was expecting when he signed.I am not sure I would be doing the same as him unless I needed to financially.

On the plus side at least he won’t have any distractions. It’s a shame COVID wasn’t here when Sandow was playing