If he doesn't come here for next season then a lot of people will have egg on their faces.

Its not the Egg on our faces we would need to worry about, it would be missing out on potentially the best Number 9 of his generation. Look what Cunningham did for Saints over the years.

If he doesn't come here then it would mean that we have released him from the contract he has signed. I was told about 12 months ago, when he signed, that he had commited to us, by a Warrington player. I have since had it confirmed by an even better source.

I meant journalists..

there is going to be about 10 people trying to say 'i told you so' when the clarke signing is announced... its going to be embarrassing.

It was a Cas fan that came on here at the back end of lasts season and told us all it was done and dusted.

I told someone that first.

I'm spartacus

Chris Irvine who is The Times & Sunday Times RL correspondent has tweeted the following

Some people don't accept news until "officially" announced. Daryl Clark will "officially" join Warrington in October. Castleford can enjoy Daryl Clark for the rest of this season, but he will be a Warrington player in 2015. Some talent!

Probably the Cas fan in question.

Spoke to Daz a month or so ago, to get told "I'm not gone until I'm gone" suggesting his mind wasn't made up.
This was contrast to what well connected members told me later that night that we'd arranged with yourselves to back out of the deal, increase Daz's deal to match yours and you'd agreed, subject to a compensation fee. Only for him to want to leave anyway.

I'm 90% sure he's going.

The social media offers a couple of straws for fans to clutch at, that's all it is.

A picture tweeted from a cafe owner who offered him a free breakfast everyday to stay, And he wouldn't get that at Wire. Daz favourited it
And a couple of players in the youth set up claiming he's staying

Straws to clutch at that's all

I'm just enjoying watching the leagues best number 9 in our colours, and hoping he scores the winner at Wembley if we get there.

Just watched the Super League show on which Tanya Arnold said Daryl is coming to the Wire for 2015 just 'waiting for it to be announced'. Danny Maguire said DC wont be at Cas next season.

I have just been looking at the recently published Wolves accounts. There is a lot to take in, but one item seems quite interesting; 'net cost on transfer fees £215,000'. The accounts are drawn up to the end of November 2013 so should cover all our new signings for this year. That would include Asotasi, Penny, Russel and England. The only player on that list that (I think) incurred a transfer fee was Anthony England, and the negotiations dragged on quite a bit, so perhaps we paid something in the region of £30k ? I wonder where the other £180,000 went ?

If that is the amount we paid for him then that is a bargain!

Would Sims' fee count to that?

It was 185k actually