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David Fifita will join the Gold Coast Titans on a three-year-deal, Mal Meninga has confirmed.
The Titans Head of Performance told Fox League’s Super Saturday that “It’s a great signing for the club... What a great acquisition for the club going forward.”
The 20-year-old will ink a deal reportedly worth a record-breaking $3.5 million.
It puts an end to one of the fiercest bidding wars in the NRL’s history, and represents the biggest coup in the history of the Titans.
According to 7 News, Fifita told his Broncos teammates on Saturday that he will be joining the Gold Coast next season, with an announcement expected on Monday.
Brisbane coach Anthony Seibold refused to address Fifita’s situation on Friday night, telling journalists: “I’m not here to talk about that tonight, I want to talk about the game tonight.”
The Broncos were keen to keep hold of the young talent but couldn’t match the Titans’ financial might, with 7 News claiming the Gold Coast club offered a whopping $3.2 million over three years.
But The Courier-Mail reports the Titans will hand Fifita an even bigger paycheck: $1.25m next season before $1.1m for the 2022 and 2023 seasons, for a total of around $3.5 million.
The Broncos had upped their own offer to three years, but Fifita would have been forced to sacrifice up to a million dollars over the life of the contract in order to remain at Red Hill.
The news comes as a massive blow to the embattled NRL heavyweights, already in the midst of one of their worst campaigns in the 32 years of the club.
The Broncos have lost eight of their past nine matches, conceding 94 points in their last two games against the Storm and Tigers while scoring only one try.
But there has been some criticism of the Titans’ willingness to hand Fifita such a significant contract early in his career.
Andrew Johns said “A million dollars for me for a back-rower is quite high.
“I think the Broncos said they’d only go to seven or eight hundred (thousand), something like that.
“I think the Broncos are right, I think about $800,000. He’s an amazing prospect. He could be one of the best back-rowers in the game but he’s only 20 and I don’t think I’d be paying anywhere near that million dollars … for a back-rower.”
https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nr...s/news-story/6df2042d07547411ffb0e82697fa5251
The Titans Head of Performance told Fox League’s Super Saturday that “It’s a great signing for the club... What a great acquisition for the club going forward.”
The 20-year-old will ink a deal reportedly worth a record-breaking $3.5 million.
It puts an end to one of the fiercest bidding wars in the NRL’s history, and represents the biggest coup in the history of the Titans.
According to 7 News, Fifita told his Broncos teammates on Saturday that he will be joining the Gold Coast next season, with an announcement expected on Monday.
Brisbane coach Anthony Seibold refused to address Fifita’s situation on Friday night, telling journalists: “I’m not here to talk about that tonight, I want to talk about the game tonight.”
The Broncos were keen to keep hold of the young talent but couldn’t match the Titans’ financial might, with 7 News claiming the Gold Coast club offered a whopping $3.2 million over three years.
But The Courier-Mail reports the Titans will hand Fifita an even bigger paycheck: $1.25m next season before $1.1m for the 2022 and 2023 seasons, for a total of around $3.5 million.
The Broncos had upped their own offer to three years, but Fifita would have been forced to sacrifice up to a million dollars over the life of the contract in order to remain at Red Hill.
The news comes as a massive blow to the embattled NRL heavyweights, already in the midst of one of their worst campaigns in the 32 years of the club.
The Broncos have lost eight of their past nine matches, conceding 94 points in their last two games against the Storm and Tigers while scoring only one try.
But there has been some criticism of the Titans’ willingness to hand Fifita such a significant contract early in his career.
Andrew Johns said “A million dollars for me for a back-rower is quite high.
“I think the Broncos said they’d only go to seven or eight hundred (thousand), something like that.
“I think the Broncos are right, I think about $800,000. He’s an amazing prospect. He could be one of the best back-rowers in the game but he’s only 20 and I don’t think I’d be paying anywhere near that million dollars … for a back-rower.”
https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nr...s/news-story/6df2042d07547411ffb0e82697fa5251