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Is there any official statements from the club regarding woods or foran at all ?
NO Des did say no deal signed of agreed on as yet.Is there any official statements from the club regarding woods or foran at all ?
If that's the case then I highly doubt that everything is above board in his Roosters deal. Doesn't make any sense at all.Reports that Tedesco has taken nearly $800k less then other offers to sign with the Roosters ...
According to the media.I'm still just furious that Tedesco had agreed to terms with us before deciding to go to the rorters for allegedly less money.
That just shows what a fuck up our club has become
Wests Tigers star James Tedesco sacrificed up to $700,000 to join the Sydney RoostersIf that's the case then I highly doubt that everything is above board in his Roosters deal. Doesn't make any sense at all.
I don't trust the roosters or some media either but there is truth to this.According to the media.
Being a Rugby League reporter/journo is no longer about reporting on the game, but about making up as much shit as you can to "get a scoop" and sell papers, gain clicks, or get followers.
It's become a joke.
Publish something about a club / player which is not proven, lose media access to that club, except via a media correspondent at each club.
The Nrl need to stop this bullshit.
You mean the 'dog house', otherwise we would be the roosters! Lol...Really don't want Wehbe involved in our club. Hope Woods knows Des doesn't like other cult leaders in his hen house.
Surely each player has a minimum price? He can't be offered $300k, and the NRL can say yep that's fine!Wests Tigers star James Tedesco sacrificed up to $700,000 to join the Sydney Roosters
WESTS Tigers star James Tedesco sacrificed up to $700,000 to join the Sydney Roosters — because he “wants to be the best.”
The Sunday Telegraph can reveal the Roosters’ offer to Tedesco was actually third-best behind Wests Tigers and Canterbury.
Yet Roosters supremo Nick Politis and coach Trent Robinson still got their man.
A desire to play at the powerful Roosters and to “better himself” drove Tedesco — the incumbent NSW fullback — to a new four-year deal at Bondi.
Close friends to Tedesco claim the fullback has never been driven by money and his family are financially well-off through property development and investments in Sydney’s west.
“Wests Tigers could have offered him $2m a season and he wouldn’t have stayed,” said a close friend of Tedesco.
“James always wanted to go to the Roosters. The Roosters were the lowest offer. It had nothing to do with money — he wants to go there to better himself, to be a better footballer.
“He has this drive to be the best. He just wants to be the best.
“That’s why he is going there. It has nothing to do with money. People make it about money. James doesn’t live by pay cheques. It has to do with how the place is run and how he could better himself.
“When he reneged on Canberra (in 2014), he was told things would improve at Wests Tigers. He should have gone to Canberra.”
* Tedesco never signed with Canterbury.
“You have to ask why your captain and best player want to leave?” a friend close to the pair said.
“All of them were set to re-sign before the Wehbe drama blew-up. They were all set to sign. How could you stuff it up? All four would have stayed.
“All Wests Tigers had to do was keep Wehbe. They could have signed and gotten rid of him later. But once they got rid of him, that was it.
“That turned everything. ‘Woodsy’ is very tight with him.”
Tedesco was most impressed with Bulldogs coach Des Hasler during negotiations but eventually shifted to the Roosters.
Another source said: “He never backflipped on Canterbury because he never signed there.”
Tedesco has agreed to terms with the Roosters.
There is no doubt Tedesco will flourish at Bondi playing alongside Mitch Pearce, Luke Keary, Michael Gordon, Latrell Mitchell and Blake Ferguson.
Roosters legend and club official Anthony Minichiello will also mentor Tedesco, the pair friends from playing with Italy.
There is continuing speculation that the Roosters may though have to offload Shaun Kenny-Dowall, possibly to Newcastle, to accommodate Tedesco.
This has got to be pure bullshit. There is no way in hell that any player in the game is giving up that amount of money. The roosters offer may have been less but im sure they'll be letting a few go to pay him what he's worthWests Tigers star James Tedesco sacrificed up to $700,000 to join the Sydney Roosters
WESTS Tigers star James Tedesco sacrificed up to $700,000 to join the Sydney Roosters — because he “wants to be the best.”
The Sunday Telegraph can reveal the Roosters’ offer to Tedesco was actually third-best behind Wests Tigers and Canterbury.
Yet Roosters supremo Nick Politis and coach Trent Robinson still got their man.
A desire to play at the powerful Roosters and to “better himself” drove Tedesco — the incumbent NSW fullback — to a new four-year deal at Bondi.
Close friends to Tedesco claim the fullback has never been driven by money and his family are financially well-off through property development and investments in Sydney’s west.
“Wests Tigers could have offered him $2m a season and he wouldn’t have stayed,” said a close friend of Tedesco.
“James always wanted to go to the Roosters. The Roosters were the lowest offer. It had nothing to do with money — he wants to go there to better himself, to be a better footballer.
“He has this drive to be the best. He just wants to be the best.
“That’s why he is going there. It has nothing to do with money. People make it about money. James doesn’t live by pay cheques. It has to do with how the place is run and how he could better himself.
“When he reneged on Canberra (in 2014), he was told things would improve at Wests Tigers. He should have gone to Canberra.”
* Tedesco never signed with Canterbury.
“You have to ask why your captain and best player want to leave?” a friend close to the pair said.
“All of them were set to re-sign before the Wehbe drama blew-up. They were all set to sign. How could you stuff it up? All four would have stayed.
“All Wests Tigers had to do was keep Wehbe. They could have signed and gotten rid of him later. But once they got rid of him, that was it.
“That turned everything. ‘Woodsy’ is very tight with him.”
Tedesco was most impressed with Bulldogs coach Des Hasler during negotiations but eventually shifted to the Roosters.
Another source said: “He never backflipped on Canterbury because he never signed there.”
Tedesco has agreed to terms with the Roosters.
There is no doubt Tedesco will flourish at Bondi playing alongside Mitch Pearce, Luke Keary, Michael Gordon, Latrell Mitchell and Blake Ferguson.
Roosters legend and club official Anthony Minichiello will also mentor Tedesco, the pair friends from playing with Italy.
There is continuing speculation that the Roosters may though have to offload Shaun Kenny-Dowall, possibly to Newcastle, to accommodate Tedesco.