Fresh claims suggest Josh Addo-Carr wants to quit the Melbourne Storm immediately
Josh Addo-Carr of the Storm celebrates victory at full-time during the Round 9 NRL match between the Melbourne Storm and the Parramatta EelsSource: AAP
The Melbourne Storm appeared to hose down talk that Josh Addo-Carr would quit the club and return to his hometown of Sydney.
“Where the talk is coming from, I’m not sure, but I can say hand on heart Josh is committed to Storm as much as we’re committed to Josh,” Storm CEO Dave Donaghy said.
But a bombshell report has just reopened the possibility of “the Foxx” swapping Victoria for New South Wales.
Writing in his
Sydney Morning Herald column, Danny Weidler claims that Addo-Carr still wants to move back to Sydney owing to family reasons.
“Josh Addo-Carr was made a promise when he signed with the Storm that he liked the sound of: the club was about family first,” Weidler wrote. “It’s why he is giving serious consideration to walking away from the final two years of his contract there.
“Sources who know Addo-Carr well say he is at a point where he wants to put family before everything else.
“If you think it sounds like the situation that Latrell Mitchell is facing on the family front, you are right. Mitchell is expecting his second child. Addo-Carr has had a change in his personal life.
“Without going into the details, Addo-Carr recently got custody of his five-year-old daughter. His partner, who is from Sydney, is pregnant. The pair have no family in Melbourne. His family is from Sydney and he is determined to bring his kids up around family.
“Addo Carr is not committed to the club. He is committed to his family. He doesn’t have a deal in place to move on.”
Addo-Carr’s manager, Chris Orr, confirmed to the
Herald that the club had spoken with the player about his future amid suggestions he could return to Sydney for the 2020 season.
“They confirmed their position around his contract and their desire for him to stay and extend,’’ Orr said. “Josh spoke openly about his feelings on a number of things. He is not due back until the middle of December.”
Letting Addo-Carr leave would be a brave move on the Storm’s part given they have already let Curtis Scott move to Canberra, Will Chambers head to Japanese rugby union, and Suliasi Vunivalu has been linked to a switch to the Wallabies.