Manu reportedly has no desire to seek bidding war expected to stay with the Roosters

[fletch]

Manu not interested in bidding war

Joseph Manu’s agent has declared he has no interest in testing the open market when his client becomes a free agent on November 1.

This masthead spoke to Manu’s agent Peter Brown on Monday and asked him if there was an appetite to enter a bidding war for the superstar centre’s services.

Brown indicated there was no desire to do so and the Roosters are confident of getting a deal done with him in the coming months.

Manu is entrenched at the Roosters. His younger brother is in the club’s junior system and his father has a close relationship with key figures at the Roosters.

There will be plenty of speculation over what Manu’s best position is in the future.

But the Roosters are confident he won’t be wearing another team’s jersey despite reports on the weekend from Sun Herald columnist Danny Weidler that incoming Dragons coach Shane Flanagan had earmarked him as a priority target on November 1.

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/man...14-p5dwbq.html

[Qld Chook]

This is great news, I just finished reading a couple of articles which had me worried. Fingers crossed this is on the money.

[Serenader]

You beauty!

[King Salvo]

Hopefully this Peter Brown is on the money like the Peter Brown in the Ballad of John and Yoko

[DP1990]

Love Joey and another Manu coming thru ? ... yes please !

[Lydon]

Flanagan is dreaming..

[Headless Chook]

Flanagan is dreaming..

I don't think he was ever seriously going to chase him. The article I read asked if he would be interested in Manu if he went to market and of course he said he would be.

[Qld Chook]

Where does everyone think Manu’s future lies positionally?

Seems a bit wasted still at centre.

Teddy is locked up till the end of 2025 so fullback is out of the question until then.

His run at 5/8 flunked this year but I do wonder if he & Sammy would be more compatible as a halves pairing. Plus a full pre season training at 5/8 would do him a world of wonders. Not sold on it, but I think he was set up to fail this year, his passing and kicking does need development. This is all assuming Keary retires after next season and he slots in there 2025.

Bit of word vomit but just wanted to hear others take on this..

[Easts75]

How does his brother go?

[zac]

love him. love that he's saying these things when we've had a bad season. clearly he loves the place

[OMR]

I don’t think Keary plans on retiring soon unless medically forced to. Manu can still roam from centre and be a strike weapon. Teddy has proven he can still produce the goods when others in front do a half decent job. By 2025 things could look different , but as it stands I can’t see any major changes coming up.

[Steggles]

Where does everyone think Manu’s future lies positionally?

Seems a bit wasted still at centre.

Teddy is locked up till the end of 2025 so fullback is out of the question until then.

His run at 5/8 flunked this year but I do wonder if he & Sammy would be more compatible as a halves pairing. Plus a full pre season training at 5/8 would do him a world of wonders. Not sold on it, but I think he was set up to fail this year, his passing and kicking does need development. This is all assuming Keary retires after next season and he slots in there 2025.

Bit of word vomit but just wanted to hear others take on this..

I don’t think so. Manu doesn’t just have the skill set to be in the halves.

[HunchoRooster]

Love to hear it. Joey is my favorite Rooster and embodies what a Rooster is.

[Random Rooster]

Imagine the heat in here on Robbo if Manu was talking on leaving- Robbo would be blamed 100%. Seems like Manu is happy with the status quo

[Johnny Brass]

Refreshing to hear a player say that he's happy to stay and not " test the market " which is a metaphor to pump more dollars into their contract and then re-sign at the same club.
I know he's a great centre who can play fullback but I don't think he's got the passing game to be a great fullback, i think big bodies eventually breakdown playing fullback constantly as seen with Inglis, Turbo and Latrell.
I'm more than happy if he plays out his days with us as a centre where he is one of the best in the game.