Yeah you could see him signing for an "undisclosed" fee to save Wire's blushes so they could say they got something for him.

King is still under contract with Wire wont they have to pay him to release him and still be penalised on cap.Best senario is Wigan keep him on loan with Wire paying some of his salary.Wire dont want him Wigan do win win situation ,by all accounts he is liking it at Wigan.

It’s a tricky one

So King is currently on a massive salary far above what Wigan would pay a centre.

He’s only on loan as Wire are contributing to his salary.

King is due this large salary one way or another for the next 2 years. I don’t blame the lad one bit.

Initially I thought he was out of contract next year, so another 12 month loan on same circumstance would have made sense.

Unsure what will happen now.

If I’m a Warrington fan, given how well King is playing at Wigan. I’d either want him back at Wire or organise a move that he goes somewhere else and not a big rival in Wigan.

Centres is Wires worst position and King is performing a lot better than Ratchford or Ma’tautia. I wouldn’t be surprised if they signed Gildart.

But if the relationship with Powell can’t be sorted we may benefit.

If they did want him back, they probably best stop abusing him when they play us



I doubt we’ll ever find out the ins and outs of any deal for him to come here permanently but I’m confident he’ll be here in 2024 and beyond.

I think it's a lot simpler than all the rumour-mongers are making out... King had a bit of an attitude and inertia to change after getting into a comfort zone at Warrington. Powell sent him out to a different environment to freshen him up and see how he matures in new scenery. If he develops into the style of player Powell is after then I'm sure he'll be back at Warrington. If he doesn't (irrespective of attitude) he'll probably continue to develop into the 'Steve Price-style' centre as a big and strong runner with an offload game, in which case I'd guess he'll be shipped on to whichever club pays him the most and offers the longest contract. My guess would be Huddersfield in that case, being a local lad and all.

I think far too much is being made of the King-Powell 'never the twain shall meet' rumours.

Thats exactly what he is, he's never going to be anything different.

You think wrong. When Powell came in he created a major rift in a bit of an attempt to assert dominance.

King was on one side of that rift.

What you mean is, a new coach came in, told a bunch of underachieving egos that they had to pull their fingers out or else, and a group of those egos basically saw their s and behaved like petulant children and have now been moved on, leading to a massive upturn in results.

So it wasn't really a rift, just a fella doing his job correctly.

A massive upturn in results? You almost got relagated!!

Not sure how it was said but coming from Powell I can imagine it was not the nicest of telling off. Who really is he to tell anyone only thing he’s won is the LL shield and chocked in a final

I don’t disagree, however the post I was responding to was saying there isn’t any issue between Powell and King…I don’t believe that is the case.