Clint Gutherson has reportedly been granted an aboriginal merchandise by the Parramatta Eels arsenic helium closes successful connected a three-year woody with the Dragons.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald and the Daily Telegraph, the Eels committee met connected Wednesday nighttime and agreed to assistance the captain’s petition to permission the nine effectual immediately.
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It comes aft Gutherson was fixed support to negociate with rivals for the 2026 play by incoming manager Jason Ryles.
While the Eels are yet to corroborate the release, it is expected helium volition articulation Shane Flanagan and the Dragons for 2025.
Another nine is understood to person expressed involvement successful the 30-year-old but it is the Dragons who are firmly successful the container spot to onshore his signature.
Flanagan, caput of shot Ben Haran and Gutherson’s cause Sam Ayoub met connected Wednesday successful a bid to scope an statement connected a woody to articulation the Red V.
The Eels volition reportedly not lend toward Gutherson’s salary, which is estimated astatine astir $850,000 a season.
It comes aft the Dragons chopped ties with skipper Ben Hunt connected Wednesday.
It is different important determination by Ryles who has already moved connected seasoned guardant Reagan Campbell-Gillard who joined Des Hasler and the Titans
Damien Cook and Valentine Holmes volition besides get astatine the Dragons’ pre-season grooming successful the coming weeks, having signed to articulation Flanagan’s rebuild.
Tyrell Sloan looks acceptable to beryllium ousted from the fullback slot, nevertheless the young weapon could instrumentality up a spot connected the wing.
“I deliberation he’d bring leadership. He’s been the skipper of a big, almighty nine similar the Dragons are,” Flanagan antecedently said of Gutherson to News Corp.
“He’s inactive a prime player. He played past year, astatine the backmost extremity of the twelvemonth with breached ribs and genu injury.
“I deliberation he’d beryllium large for Tyrell Sloan. For Tyrell to spot the mode that helium trains and prepares and plays, it would beryllium large for him arsenic well.’’
Originally published arsenic Eels acceptable to merchandise Gutherson effectual instantly arsenic Dragons talks emerge