Parramatta has reportedly backflipped connected a bombshell declaration deadline placed connected 3 of the club's champion players.
Eels skipper Clint Gutherson, hooker Reed Mahoney, and typical prop Junior Paulo are each off-contract and officially connected the NRL market, capable to talk to rival clubs.
Mahoney has already been spotted gathering with Bulldogs officials this week and the contention to his signature heats up.
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All 3 players are managed by the aforesaid agent, Sam Ayoub.
Parramatta has tabled offers to each 3 players and the nine had reportedly told Ayoub to springiness them a definitive reply connected each woody earlier the extremity of this week.
Now, the Sydney Morning Herald reports the Eels person sensationally backed down connected that ultimatum.
"Parramatta person contiguous avoided a stand-off with the players successful what is becoming a alternatively messy declaration saga," writer Michael Chammas told Nine News.
"The nine has contacted Nine News to pass america they person backflipped connected that (deadline) decision, and the deadline has been removed to debar a stand-off with the players."
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The quality comes the aforesaid time Parramatta mislaid weapon backrower Marata Niukore to the Warriors.
The Eels look a menace from respective rivals to clasp their prima trio, including incoming nine the Dolphins, which needs to capable a roster earlier entering the contention successful 2023.
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