It's certainly the first I've heard of it. If there was any truth in it it would have come out long before now particularly when a few on here were using anything they could to beat IL with last season.

I would assume it's .

maywell be...

but it came from a family member of a current 1st team player.

I find it hard to believe but why would a player make something like this up?

Yeah, but why would he play for Wigan if it was true?

I know I wouldn't.

So Lenagan takes 320K per year off the players?
20% of £1.6 million.

Nice work if you can get it.

I've heard some bull on here in my time but that tops the lot of it

So last year he was "trousering" the transfer monies. And now he is taking back money from players!

Well as far as conspiracy theories go its a new one. But i guess evil lairs in hollowed out volcanos dont just pay for themselves.

Thinking about it, it goes a long way to expalining how Gelling got a new contract if he's paying backhanders to the chairmen.

Out of interest do you also think the moon landings were faked, the world is flat, the Loch Ness Monster exists, the FBI shot JFK or that David Icke is the son of God because they all have about the same amount of creditability as your story.

1, 3 and 4 are all true aren't they?

Perhaps he was taking the hiss? Even now he is still on the floor rolling over, holding his sides, after reading your post.

FWIW I didn't say i believed it but dont shoot the messenger - i have only passed on what i have been told. I wouldn't normally bother with it but where it has come from i thought i would put it in the public domain.

Out of Interest what players have left in the last couple of years ...to name but a few

Hock - fell out with Wane - now @ Salford = apparently more £
Mosop - new challenge(!) - now in NRL = apparently more £
Joel - new challenge(!) - now in RU = apparently more £
Sam - new challenge(!) - now in NRL = more £
Pat - new challenge(!) - now in NRL = apparently more £
HH - new challenge(!) - CONFIRMED @ salford = "He will get a huge contract out of the move" Kris R.

Funny how it appears the money is the contributing factor to them all leaving.

plus the likes of Hampshire, Williams, Powell, Tierney, Burke etc etc who are coming through will have had to have been offered improved deals to keep them as they would have been targets for maybe half the other clubs in superleague.. The club are spreading the cap amongst a strong squad, not just a couple of top players as per 2002-2007 which was not a good time in the clubs history

so the better players will be targets as they know they can get more money in the NRL/Union or at other clubs who have a smaller number of top players so have more to spend on them.