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The Bulldogs have begun preliminary discussions with Kieran Foran about staying beyond this season with the injury-plagued half "desperate to achieve something special at the club".
The former New Zealand international wants to continue in the NRL next year and has tentatively begun talking to Canterbury about extending his Belmore contract, albeit on significantly reduced terms.
Foran is one of the highest paid players in the game and is in the final year of a contract worth upwards of $1 million a year.
While there's no guarantee the Bulldogs and Foran will find common ground, club officials have been maintaining regular dialogue with the 29-year-old and will discuss whether to table a formal offer in coming weeks.
Coach Dean Pay, whose own future is under enormous scrutiny in the final year of his deal, has been desperately searching for some spark in his playmakers with Foran restricted to just 31 games since the start of 2018.
He badly dislocated a finger in last week's loss to the Rabbitohs, but will be fit for the Bulldogs' clash against the struggling Broncos at Suncorp Stadium.
Canterbury can lift themselves off the bottom of the ladder with only their second win of the campaign on Saturday night.
Foran said he was hopeful "something will come up" as he sweats on the Bulldogs lodging a formal contract proposal.
"For me I've had a couple of injury-ravaged years at Canterbury and it hasn't been a good feeling," Foran said. "When you ride the tough times with the club you'd love to turn it around. I'd love to stay on and have a couple of injury-free seasons and try to achieve something special at this joint. That's what I'd love to do, but that's out of my hands.
"It's up to the club and what direction they want to go. I'm respectful of that and not putting any pressure on at the moment."
"When you ride the tough times with the club you'd love to turn it around."
Canterbury will be without lock Adam Elliott, who has been ruled out for the rest of the season requiring a shoulder reconstruction.
Foran said he felt for Anthony Seibold's Broncos after a number of players were shown on camera crying straight after their loss to the Warriors, the sixth straight since the competition restart.
"You could see the emotional toll it was taking on those guys and I really felt for them, as I feel for our footy club," Foran said.
"They're trying really hard to turn it around, like us. They're trying to play the best footy they can and they're not too far off. You've got to be at your absolute best to get a win in this competition and that's where we're failing as well.
"We want to turn it around and we're desperate to. We're trying as hard as we can, but we're not just able to get it done and come up with the right play at the right time. That's something we've got to challenge ourselves to get better at because we're running out of time."
Brisbane centre Kotoni Staggs (hamstring) will play after coming through training unscathed on Thursday.
"He is a good addition to our team and very good against Manly and in those early rounds," Seibold said. "He has had suspension and injury since then and is a big in for us. I am looking forward to getting him back out on the park."
The former New Zealand international wants to continue in the NRL next year and has tentatively begun talking to Canterbury about extending his Belmore contract, albeit on significantly reduced terms.
Foran is one of the highest paid players in the game and is in the final year of a contract worth upwards of $1 million a year.
While there's no guarantee the Bulldogs and Foran will find common ground, club officials have been maintaining regular dialogue with the 29-year-old and will discuss whether to table a formal offer in coming weeks.
Coach Dean Pay, whose own future is under enormous scrutiny in the final year of his deal, has been desperately searching for some spark in his playmakers with Foran restricted to just 31 games since the start of 2018.
He badly dislocated a finger in last week's loss to the Rabbitohs, but will be fit for the Bulldogs' clash against the struggling Broncos at Suncorp Stadium.
Canterbury can lift themselves off the bottom of the ladder with only their second win of the campaign on Saturday night.
Foran said he was hopeful "something will come up" as he sweats on the Bulldogs lodging a formal contract proposal.
"For me I've had a couple of injury-ravaged years at Canterbury and it hasn't been a good feeling," Foran said. "When you ride the tough times with the club you'd love to turn it around. I'd love to stay on and have a couple of injury-free seasons and try to achieve something special at this joint. That's what I'd love to do, but that's out of my hands.
"It's up to the club and what direction they want to go. I'm respectful of that and not putting any pressure on at the moment."
"When you ride the tough times with the club you'd love to turn it around."
Canterbury will be without lock Adam Elliott, who has been ruled out for the rest of the season requiring a shoulder reconstruction.
Foran said he felt for Anthony Seibold's Broncos after a number of players were shown on camera crying straight after their loss to the Warriors, the sixth straight since the competition restart.
"You could see the emotional toll it was taking on those guys and I really felt for them, as I feel for our footy club," Foran said.
"They're trying really hard to turn it around, like us. They're trying to play the best footy they can and they're not too far off. You've got to be at your absolute best to get a win in this competition and that's where we're failing as well.
"We want to turn it around and we're desperate to. We're trying as hard as we can, but we're not just able to get it done and come up with the right play at the right time. That's something we've got to challenge ourselves to get better at because we're running out of time."
Brisbane centre Kotoni Staggs (hamstring) will play after coming through training unscathed on Thursday.
"He is a good addition to our team and very good against Manly and in those early rounds," Seibold said. "He has had suspension and injury since then and is a big in for us. I am looking forward to getting him back out on the park."
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