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Journalist Paul Kent and league great Matty Johns have revealed Michael Ennis and a club sponsor could hold the key to luring supercoach Wayne Bennett to Canterbury.
Bennett has been linked to the Bulldogs job in recent days as the Belmore outfit considers the future of current coach Dean Pay.
The club board will meet on Thursday night where Pay’s future will be discussed.
Bennett on Wednesday angrily denied suggestions he would cut his Rabbitohs contract short, given he’s signed to do the job in 2021 again.
But on the Matty Johns Podcast, Kent and Johns revealed it’s a prominent Bulldogs sponsor who’s keen to get Bennett to the blue and white
And he’s trying to throw Ennis into the mix as well.
“There’s whispers that there’s a sponsor involved.... this is actually where the (Craig) Bellamy stuff’s come from... he’s the one that’s keen on Bennett, and he’s willing to tip in money,” Kent said.
“There is actually a soft cap that they can only spend on their football department, so even though this sponsor is willing to tip in money, the rest will go into sponsorship for the club.
“There’s a lot of money there. I think the Dogs are gathering a bit of a warchest and they’re going to have a real look at what they can attract.
The talk about Bennett is there’s Bennett and a former player who might go there as a bit of a package.”
Matty Johns cut in, “it’s Michael Ennis”, which Kent confirmed.
“The name that keeps going around is the bloke in this (Fox Sports) building, Michael Ennis,” Johns said.
Ennis played 136 games for Canterbury. He now works for Fox League but also does work with the Raiders.
Earlier in the night on NRL 360, the panel discussed Bennett’s fiery press conference on Wednesday.
Kent said Bennett doesn’t have a leg to stand on when telling journalists not to make stories up, given he’s been caught out telling mistruths a number of times in the past.
Kent and James Hooper both agree, though, that it now seems like Bennett will see out his Rabbitohs contract.
He’s been linked to jobs at the Bulldogs, Dragons, and even the Warriors.
“I was certain he was on the move, he was looking elsewhere,” Kent said on NRL 360.
“I think something has changed in recent days, recent weeks, and I think he’ll now stay at Souths.
“I think he sat there and all this late rush of how it would effect his tenure now at Souths, has made him sit down and think I’m going to see it out.”
Bennett has been linked to the Bulldogs job in recent days as the Belmore outfit considers the future of current coach Dean Pay.
The club board will meet on Thursday night where Pay’s future will be discussed.
Bennett on Wednesday angrily denied suggestions he would cut his Rabbitohs contract short, given he’s signed to do the job in 2021 again.
But on the Matty Johns Podcast, Kent and Johns revealed it’s a prominent Bulldogs sponsor who’s keen to get Bennett to the blue and white
And he’s trying to throw Ennis into the mix as well.
“There’s whispers that there’s a sponsor involved.... this is actually where the (Craig) Bellamy stuff’s come from... he’s the one that’s keen on Bennett, and he’s willing to tip in money,” Kent said.
“There is actually a soft cap that they can only spend on their football department, so even though this sponsor is willing to tip in money, the rest will go into sponsorship for the club.
“There’s a lot of money there. I think the Dogs are gathering a bit of a warchest and they’re going to have a real look at what they can attract.
The talk about Bennett is there’s Bennett and a former player who might go there as a bit of a package.”
Matty Johns cut in, “it’s Michael Ennis”, which Kent confirmed.
“The name that keeps going around is the bloke in this (Fox Sports) building, Michael Ennis,” Johns said.
Ennis played 136 games for Canterbury. He now works for Fox League but also does work with the Raiders.
Earlier in the night on NRL 360, the panel discussed Bennett’s fiery press conference on Wednesday.
Kent said Bennett doesn’t have a leg to stand on when telling journalists not to make stories up, given he’s been caught out telling mistruths a number of times in the past.
Kent and James Hooper both agree, though, that it now seems like Bennett will see out his Rabbitohs contract.
He’s been linked to jobs at the Bulldogs, Dragons, and even the Warriors.
“I was certain he was on the move, he was looking elsewhere,” Kent said on NRL 360.
“I think something has changed in recent days, recent weeks, and I think he’ll now stay at Souths.
“I think he sat there and all this late rush of how it would effect his tenure now at Souths, has made him sit down and think I’m going to see it out.”
