1m for Latrell Mitchell. You are off your head
That's what we'd have to pay or anyone else that's going to try lure him away from the Roosters. Latrell is worth 700k.
Manu is worth 500k (maybe even pushing for 600k this year). You're looking at 700-800k for him.
Otherwise they'll just resign at their current clubs. If you don't understand that then you probably shouldn't be saying I'm off my head.
If you just want to keep signing reserve graders or hoping we can get a reject for value then good for you. Enjoy another 5-10 year rebuild.
We have to land a couple top signings to help us attract players in the future (and have better results post 2020). We're not going to be a consistent top 8 team with the team we have now.
There's a reason all the targets we're being linked to aren't joining us or won't join us. If we have to pay overs for a player/position, we're going to do it for the best player in that position available (the higher quality and fewer positions the better as less players are getting paid more then their value, you don't want a case where you're paying overs for 5-7 players in the team, e.g. if we signed Koroisau, Ramien, Ese'ese and more players around this level, as you're just wasting 100-300k per player).
It'll be very similar to the Knights signing Ponga (600k), Pearce (1m) and Klemmer (850k), yes they haven't had any success, but we have a better base and leadership group. My version would be Grant, Latrell and Fifita (you can substitute Latrell for Manu, or Radradra for Fifita, but you should get the point).
If you have an alternative I'd really love to hear it. This is pretty black and white for me and I'm yet to hear (see) another option that makes sense or is better.