If Sam returns he will in a way be self funding.
The increase in gates, sponsorship and season ticket sales will pay his salary.
That's without finishing higher in the League and getting to Finals and hopefully winning trophies, again!

Would have him back in a heartbeat...

Really hope this comes off, it would be massive for both the club and the league as a whole IMO

Would be nice to announce it on the pitch just before the game on Friday !

I know Wigan have first option on Sam, but it will really depend how Sam felt if another club offered him more money, and as he was on a 3 year contract with the N,Z, Warriors a fee would probably have to be paid to them as well.

This evenings M,E,N carries an article with the Sam wants to come home story and it says that the good Dr of Salford would be very interested, especially if the Marquee player exemption was implemented in July. I seem to remember it being reported that the good Dr approached Wigan with a million pound bid for Sam prior to Sam going to N,Z, which means it could prove to be a bit expensive for all concerned if Salford enter the race for Sam.

I keep hearing this story, but it seems to me that if he was prepared to spend a £1 million on a single player, he could probably get almost anyone on Earth. Re. Sam, let's just hope blood's thicker than water and that he wants to be back with Joel and Logan.

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Doc not interested.

Mike, my information came from todays M,E,N, which I picked up at the newsagents at 7-0am this morning (Evening News, a bit of a farce isn't it).

Yours seems to be off the M,E,N web site about lunchtime, so hopefully you are right.

Quote: NickyKiss "None have the passion or feeling for Wigan that Sam Tomkins does though and I doubt any would offer us what Tomkins could. Also even with a marquee player rule hardly any and possibly none would be realistic.'" I bet he was feeling extremely passionate for Wigan when he was signing that nice new NRL contract with lots on zeros on it. Anyhow how does this change things? www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/32018473 partial tear of the posterior cruciate ligament in his left knee is a pretty serious injury even though he's only out for 6 weeks.

Quote: NickyKiss "None have the passion or feeling for Wigan that Sam Tomkins does though and I doubt any would offer us what Tomkins could. Also even with a marquee player rule hardly any and possibly none would be realistic.'" I bet he was feeling extremely passionate for Wigan when he was signing that nice new NRL contract with lots on zeros on it. Anyhow how does this change things? www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/32018473 partial tear of the posterior cruciate ligament in his left knee is a pretty serious injury even though he's only out for 6 weeks.

The injury doesn't change a single thing! Show me a 26 year old rugby league player who has never had an injury and I'll show my behind in Burtons window!

We should move heaven and earth to bring him back to Wigan. He's a once in a generation player and I'd be gutted if he cut short his NZ contract and ended up somewhere else!

At Christmas time a m8 of mine bumped into a tipsy sean wayne and rads in revolution in town and asked wayney if and when are we getting sam back , wayney winked and said end of next season promise .If you ask me this was the over all plan in the first place as dont forget we have a close relationship with the nz warriors with dean o in charge.

Get him back ASAP.

Signing a world class player of any position in their mid-20's is now a rarity. He's fantastic, a leader and arguably was and will be the best attacking weapon in the whole of SL, and he's one of ours.

Anyone even suggesting we shouldn't go for Sam needs their head checking.

the injury might even work in our favour. if his spot in NZ is busy, then what odds a repeat of a half-time announcement (Leeds game?)? back for the play-offs? (assuming we actually get there). i don't subscribe to any conspiratorial master-plan though, any announcement at the end of this season, would probably announce that he's available at the end of the 2016 season anyway.

We need an announcement (at least one that denies Wane & Rads were knocking back the vodka martinis in revolution)

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We need an announcement about any announcement !

He is so full of its unreal...

We can now add Sam Tomkins to his long list of 'things' he wants that he knows he cant have, but when it does become available he then decides he doesn't want.

and whats that "MY moves for a marquee player rule" .....??? Jamie Peacock talked about that long before Koukash ever mentioned it......

he's so good for the game I cant wait for him to buy the Titans and mickey off, but we all know when the Titans become available "it wont be right deal" for koukash (i.e Free...!!)

But it will be good to see Tomkins Back its nice to have a pantomime Villain who can actually play....