The Wests Tigers are threatening to hijack the Bulldogs’ bid to snare Knights forward Herman Ese’ese.
Wide World of Sports can reveal that Ese’ese met with Bulldogs officials last week and passed a medical examination.
But the Tigers have come in late, telling the in-form Knight they want him on board in 2020.
The Tigers have to clear the decks in the salary cap, however, and are attempting to offload forwards Elijah Taylor, Ben Matulino and Russell Packer as well as utility Josh Reynolds.
Newcastle would love to keep Ese’ese but salary cap pressure has left them little choice other than to cut him loose.
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