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NRL | Knights CEO Phil Gardner says the club will be doing everything it can to sign Kangaroos prop David Klemmer
Newcastle is in the box seat to sign marquee forward David Klemmer after the Kangaroos prop was formally given permission by the Bulldogs to talk to rival clubs.
The cashed-up Knights put Klemmer through a medical in Sydney on Tuesday morning which he passed with flying colours and are now preparing to bring the giant prop and his young family to Newcastle to meet with club officials and show them around the city.
Knights CEO Phil Gardner confirmed the Knights’ interest in Klemmer but denied they are on the verge of signing him.
“At this stage, he is not a free agent but he has been given permission to talk to everybody,” Gardner said.
“We would love to have Mr Klemmer here at our club and we will be doing our absolute best to get him to come to the club.
“But his agent now has the capacity to talk to anybody. I don’t want to get too excited because the moment he is a free agent, he is a free agent.
“Clearly, we would love to have him and we will be putting our absolute best offer to him within what we can afford.
David Klemmer
Asked about the chances of the Bulldogs releasing Klemmer, Gardner said:
“I’m not aware of their position but if I was in their shoes, I wouldn’t want a player who did not want to be there, particularly a marquee player like Klemmer is.
“So maybe they have come to the conclusion that if he doesn’t want to be there, they don’t want him because they can spend the money better somewhere else.”
“He is a marquee player so his numbers will reflect that status,”he said.
“But that [$4.6 million] wouldn’t be what we are offering. Certainly, I don’t know where that number has come from. That number has not come from us.”
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NRL | Knights CEO Phil Gardner says the club will be doing everything it can to sign Kangaroos prop David Klemmer
Newcastle is in the box seat to sign marquee forward David Klemmer after the Kangaroos prop was formally given permission by the Bulldogs to talk to rival clubs.
The cashed-up Knights put Klemmer through a medical in Sydney on Tuesday morning which he passed with flying colours and are now preparing to bring the giant prop and his young family to Newcastle to meet with club officials and show them around the city.
Knights CEO Phil Gardner confirmed the Knights’ interest in Klemmer but denied they are on the verge of signing him.
“At this stage, he is not a free agent but he has been given permission to talk to everybody,” Gardner said.
“We would love to have Mr Klemmer here at our club and we will be doing our absolute best to get him to come to the club.
“But his agent now has the capacity to talk to anybody. I don’t want to get too excited because the moment he is a free agent, he is a free agent.
“Clearly, we would love to have him and we will be putting our absolute best offer to him within what we can afford.
David Klemmer
Asked about the chances of the Bulldogs releasing Klemmer, Gardner said:
“I’m not aware of their position but if I was in their shoes, I wouldn’t want a player who did not want to be there, particularly a marquee player like Klemmer is.
“So maybe they have come to the conclusion that if he doesn’t want to be there, they don’t want him because they can spend the money better somewhere else.”
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“He is a marquee player so his numbers will reflect that status,”he said.
“But that [$4.6 million] wouldn’t be what we are offering. Certainly, I don’t know where that number has come from. That number has not come from us.”
