Burton to test the open market

[Isaac]

Gus will upgrade him before November to 1.

 

[Isaac]

Fuck the article

 

[no1bulldog]

BURTON TO TEST THE MARKET


Bulldogs off-season recruit Matt Burton will reportedly test the open market after November 1, looking for a significant upgrade on his current salary.

The 22-year-old premiership winner, who traded the Panthers for the Canterbury-Bankstown side, moved on a two-year deal with a player option for the 2024 season.

Now according to The Daily Telegraph, the gun playmaker will test the market and see if he can find an upgrade on his current $550,000 contract.

It is also understood that Burton will not take up his option, meaning a bidding war could kick off with rivals ready to hand the halfback a significant payrise.

Burton signed his deal prior to his contribution in the Panthers grand final winning campaign and could command more than $700,000 on the open market.

While he is still settling into life under Trent Barrett, noone can deny Burton’s quality, having won Dally M Centre of the Year in 2021 before shifting back to the halves.

 

[Malla]

It’s so obvious the DT’s strategy
The start of the week all the drama with Baz and Gus
They expected us to lose tonight and would have put the article out right after full time to amplify the situation and kick us more when we are down

 

[no1bulldog]

Admin delete, see it’s been posted in another thread

 

[TAS]

It’s just more news ltd agenda articles against our club. Anything negative that they can throw at us they are. Truth is not a requirement in their agenda against us. Just dishing out everything and anything negative about us. Gutter “journalism” at it’s filthy best. Kent, Rothfield, Hooper, and all those backing their agenda are just a bunch of shock jocks that know how big our brand is and using that to push their agenda.

 

[Moedogg]

Gus will upgrade him before November to 1.

Now that you've said that and with your strike rate....he's definitely going to test the market.

 

[KiwiDog7]

It’s so obvious the DT’s strategy
The start of the week all the drama with Baz and Gus
They expected us to lose tonight and would have put the article out right after full time to amplify the situation and kick us more when we are down

To distract from our epic win

Buzz keeps getting owned by Gus just give up the ghost mate

 

[Abdul..]

I don't understand how this would surprise anyone. He would be stupid not to.

 

[Abdul..]

And yes DT is doing all they can to destabilise the club.

 

[crack]

He has every right and we should pay him market value

 

[cookieman909]

He’s not going anywhere.

 

[oldpuppy]

He has every right and we should pay him market value

No denying he should be paid his worth whatever it is.
If i was Burton I would take the option to stay with Kikau and Mahoney coming here.
Potentially his preferred role as a 5/8 would increase his earning potential in the future.
At the moment his resumè shows him as a capable dally M centre.

 

[Shanked]

unless they substantially lowball him i don't think he'll leave

 

[LoneWolf]

Great , he’ll get Less than what he’s on

 

[Diatribe 2000]

Article was on the Tele site early this morning
Conspiracy theorists here need to settle down

 

[berries1935]

We were going to have to massively upgrade burton to keep him! Gus has always said the cap money needs to go mainly to the spine! I’m sure he won’t let burton go easily

 

[Psycho Doggie]

News Lmtd agenda against us continues.

Can't believe the number of fans in this thread who think that this rumour has any relationship whatsoever with the truth

 

[AlzzBulldog]

Nothing article lol

 

[kmr07]

That’s football - hope we can keep him, but, he’s not setting the World on fire so I wouldn’t be overly concerned - he’ll stay imo

His clearing kicks alone are keeping us in games. He’s the only half we have that can kick the ball more than 30m. Opposition teams have been starting their sets on the half way line in seasons gone by