Quote Alan="Alan"Looks like another of our possible rumours quashed:- https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/wi ... s-reports/'" Only for it to be replaced by the Manfredi rumour......

Quote Alan="Alan"Looks like another of our possible rumours quashed:- https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/wi ... s-reports/'" Only for it to be replaced by the Manfredi rumour......

In some ways I could see the logic of that, as he's coming back from a serious injury, and has probably slipped down the pecking order at Wigan. However, we only recently signed Adam Higson and Ryan Ince. Now, if Wigan had a spare scrum half - like say, Sammut, for instance (

) that would be better!

I’ve heard that one, anywhere near fit and he would muller the champ - obviously the pies would be using us but deffo take him at Leigh

Possibly a season loan. Wigan not short of wingers. As for the pies using us, we are also just as guilty with the likes of Reynolds.

Wigan have a plethora *just wanted to use that word* of wingers, at least 6 first team choices (minus Davies if he goes to Les Cats) so I really could see Leigh lad Dom Manfredi coming home for a season at least, after all, Wigan did lose £1.5M last season & they will possibly be looking to recoup or at least cut losses

I doubt very much Leigh would be paying his full wage. So the loss "cap wise" to Wigan would be very marginal.

If it is correct that Leigh/Beaumont has been talking to Gigot then they can certainly afford Dom Manfredi, after all he has had 2 or 3 major lay offs to injury & is probably not on Wigan's starting 17.

*is he now fit/injury free* ?

Edit.

By which I mean Leigh could probably afford to pay his full wage, saving the Crusty Pie Munchers valuable £££ & cap space.

Apologies for the time lag on this response - I've only just got round to finding, then reading the Op. Rules on Salary Cap. By my way of understanding, the club 'only' (

) has to bear the first £150k of a marquee player's salary. So, if say Gigot was being paid say £180k (12 x suggested £15k) the club would have to include £150k on their cap. But they would still have to stump up the £180k to pay the marquee player.

Not sure how good a deal that would be to the club, under the marquee ruling?

And just like that the Ben barba rumour comes back I’m taking it with a pinch of salt but people don’t realise how close we actually come to signing him last season till there was a stop put on it. If he agrees what was offering him last season then don’t see why not

He had agreed to come and rl blocked it

What I have just been told there is some truth in it hope they manage pull this one off. Saying that we already pulled it off once to be blocked