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The Bulldogs are reportedly set to acquire the services of Knights utility Kurt Mann in yet another recruitment play from supremo Phil Gould.
Mann, 30, is without a contract for the 2024 season and has already completed a medical with the Belmore-based club according to The Daily Telegraph’s David Riccio.
He expects the club to table Mann a two-year deal, with Newcastle powerbrokers unlikely to stand in his way.
“We know they have picked up Jaeman Salmon, Blake Taaffe as well, I can tell you the Bulldogs have forward a two-year offer to Kurt Mann,” Riccio said on
Triple M.
“Again, it probably sits in that bracket of the Bulldogs looking for footballers with know-how.
“That have been around the game and are a certain standard of player, that certainly is Kurt Mann.
“I can tell you he was on the Bulldogs’ site to undergo a medical examination and my indication is that that has all gone swimmingly.
“I expect the Dogs to forward a two-year offer, at this point in time I don’t know if the Knights are going to put up a fight.
“They have a couple of big ones to re-sign, Bradman Best and Jacob Saifiti.”
Mann could join Blake Taaffe, Jaeman Salmon, Stephen Crichton and Bronson Xerri ahead of their first seasons with the Bulldogs.