Quote chunkster="chunkster"[size=150The player in question has been offered a deal by a super league club for 2012 season but wants to come to us[/size'"

I might be wrong but there's one quote (above) on all of this thread that leads me to believe that Paul Cooke is not the player in question.
Had it not been for that quote then he would have been favourite.

But--

Keith Senior has certainly been offered a "pay as you play" deal for 2012 with the Rhino's (but he's not a Half-Back)

[iA four-time title winner with the Rhinos, Senior agreed a move to Crusaders earlier this year after suffering a season-ending knee injury, with Leeds sanctioning his release.

But the Crusaders' withdrawal from Super League left Senior without a club, and it was then revealed he had the option of an extra year with Leeds.

Adding to his 365 games for the club seemed unlikely, though, after the 35-year-old criticised McDermott in his recently-released autobiography. But Hetherington insists Senior still has a future with the club.

'We offered Keith a one-year deal for 2012 before his injury and, at the time, Brian McDermott did explain to Keith that the club would be stepping up its search to find a 'Keith Senior replacement' and if he stayed, he would have to fight for his place like all other players,' he said.

'As we know, Keith later signed for the Crusaders with our best wishes but this, unfortunately, was to fall through and Keith's situation is made more complicated because of his knee reconstruction. [/i=#0000FF'We will continue to look after him and all his rehabilitation until he is fully recovered and Keith has also been offered a job to work for the club at the expiry of his playing contract and a pay-per-play contract for 2012, which he is still considering. If he was to get a better offer from another club, he would also have the option to take it up.

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Quote chunkster="chunkster"[size=150The player in question has been offered a deal by a super league club for 2012 season but wants to come to us[/size'"

I might be wrong but there's one quote (above) on all of this thread that leads me to believe that Paul Cooke is not the player in question.
Had it not been for that quote then he would have been favourite.

But--

Keith Senior has certainly been offered a "pay as you play" deal for 2012 with the Rhino's (but he's not a Half-Back)

[iA four-time title winner with the Rhinos, Senior agreed a move to Crusaders earlier this year after suffering a season-ending knee injury, with Leeds sanctioning his release.

But the Crusaders' withdrawal from Super League left Senior without a club, and it was then revealed he had the option of an extra year with Leeds.

Adding to his 365 games for the club seemed unlikely, though, after the 35-year-old criticised McDermott in his recently-released autobiography. But Hetherington insists Senior still has a future with the club.

'We offered Keith a one-year deal for 2012 before his injury and, at the time, Brian McDermott did explain to Keith that the club would be stepping up its search to find a 'Keith Senior replacement' and if he stayed, he would have to fight for his place like all other players,' he said.

'As we know, Keith later signed for the Crusaders with our best wishes but this, unfortunately, was to fall through and Keith's situation is made more complicated because of his knee reconstruction. [/i=#0000FF'We will continue to look after him and all his rehabilitation until he is fully recovered and Keith has also been offered a job to work for the club at the expiry of his playing contract and a pay-per-play contract for 2012, which he is still considering. If he was to get a better offer from another club, he would also have the option to take it up.

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