Leeds Rhinos • Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4
Talk of a contract beyond 2024 for Olpherts is a bit moot. He'll be 32 at the start of next season so this is almost certainly his last big contract. He's not 25 with the possibility of reviving his career and therefore maybe willing to take a bit of a financial hit for one season to prove himself.
He's perfectly within his rights to insist on being paid in full for next season, and given it would be pretty obvious Leeds are motivated sellers, there's virtually no reason for any cub signing him to put much into the pot to sweeten the deal. Loan deals to Championship clubs wouldn't take him off the cap for the whole year, and in any event we'd be paying some or most of his salary even then. Its not impossible to move him on and get a bit of cap relief, but its likely to be very small, and certainly far less than someone like Kershaw would want.
It comes down to what options Olpherts has (and what he'd rather do in 2024), and whether we really are tight against the cap or not.
He's perfectly within his rights to insist on being paid in full for next season, and given it would be pretty obvious Leeds are motivated sellers, there's virtually no reason for any cub signing him to put much into the pot to sweeten the deal. Loan deals to Championship clubs wouldn't take him off the cap for the whole year, and in any event we'd be paying some or most of his salary even then. Its not impossible to move him on and get a bit of cap relief, but its likely to be very small, and certainly far less than someone like Kershaw would want.
It comes down to what options Olpherts has (and what he'd rather do in 2024), and whether we really are tight against the cap or not.
Statistics: Posted by Once were Loiners — Wed Nov 22, 2023 11:17 pm