Wakefield are the latest club to enquire about him..

Richard Agar has ruled Leeds chances out of getting him ‘long term’ as they’ve been told Williams wants to live and play in the North West.

It’s Wigan or Warrington by the looks of things.

Reading between the lines, Williams options seem to be:

- Sign with Wigan right now for decent money

- Sign for Warrington for 2022 for huge money, but look elsewhere for a short-term option this season

Hopefully, he chooses the latter.

The third option is that we engineer a way for one of our half-backs to leave right now but that seems unlikely.

So 'short term' Leeds for 2021 then 2022+ the Wire?

I'd be very surprised if he ended up anywhere else but Wigan, by the sounds of it we were in with a very good shout for 2022, I think the fact you can probably accommodate him immediately makes you very strong favourites now.

Hardly a week ago we were wetting ourselves in the hope that Ben Truman would turn up in boot of Daryl Powell's car.

We could transfer out austin who is on marquee money I believe. And bring in Williams now.
It's not often a opportunity like this comes around. And I would go above steve price and do the deal and transfer now. Irrespective of what price thinks. If powell wants Williams next year. But he will only come of we can get him now. I'd make it happen. I would do whatever it takes to make it happen. So I would Ship austin off to leeds who needs a half back. And bring Williams in. Basically ship austin out someway to get William's in. Even if we de-register austin. Sit him out for the remaining 6 months of his contract if it means we get Williams in.

Could we not bring trueman in as the 3rd half back. And he can study under widdop for a year before we ship widdop off at the end of 2022.

Or even better. Could we lose austin and widdop at the end of the season and build up a trueman/Williams combo for the next decade.

If that comes off. We have a half back pairing superleague will fear for years.

Maybe we will have finally replaced Briers?

Two bids turned down for Trueman and we've been told not to bother again apparently, However, if the player refuses to sign a new deal, surely they would rather cash in now than lose him for nothing at the end of 2022?

Williams was on £450k a year at Canberra according to reports over there would Wigan pay even half of that? What is Hastings rumoured to be earning?

Its upto cas. Trueman wants to follow powell. Cas would be stupid not to take the money and run.

Yeah if Trueman says to them (doubt he would though) that he wants to come to us in 2023 if the club know he's off then they could cash him in so we get him next year.
All this is IF he actually wants to leave Castleford, we've no idea what Trueman wants himself.

Thing is. We are the only ones who will pay him that.
Leeds have a wage structure that they keep too. So they have a ceiling. Even if uncle gary is worth a billion quid.
No other team has that kind of money to throw around other than warrington.

That's what I mean. He'd be taking one hell of a paycut if he went to Wigan. Fair play to him.

1. If we sit out Austin, he still counts on the cap, meaning you can't bring in Williams.

2. Leeds wouldn't be matching Austin's wages here at Wire, so why would he leave for Leeds now on less money, when he's on a healthy wad here at Wire?