Jake and Tom Trbojevic are two of the biggest names in the game but loyalty lies deep within the pair who have expressed ambition to sign on at Manly.
The Sea Eagles are in a nice position heading into the finals and bounced back against the Wests Tigers following a loss to the Warriors. With their top four ambition still very much a reality, the brothers are committed to focusing all energy on the finals push rather than contract talks with other clubs.
Manly has until the market opens on November 1st to work out how to squeeze both brothers into a tight salary cap, but every indication suggests the boys wants to remain Sea Eagles for a long period of time.
Captain Daly Cherry-Evans relayed this message that he doesn't want the highly rated brothers going anywhere toย The Daily Telegraph.ย
โI donโt want to have the possibility of them even looking at other offers or other clubs,โ Cherry-Evans said.
โSelfishly, thatโs why I want them locked away as soon as possible.โ
The brothers also spoke of their desire to remain at Manly with another year to run on their contracts. However, with their stocks skyrocketing you would imagine they could get significantly more money elsewhere, yet despite this Jake and Tom wish to stay at Manly.
โWeโre Manly boys and we donโt want to leave Manly but in rugby league you never know what is going to happen,โ Jake said.
โIn an ideal world, we would love to play our whole careers here. Thatโs what weโre hoping for. Hopefully it will be sorted soon.
โWeโre trying not to worry about it. We have the rest of this year and all of next year.
โItโs an exciting time for the club, so you donโt want to be talking about contracts.
โIt hasnโt been a distraction. We donโt really talk about it or worry about it.
โWe hope itโs sooner rather than later but weโre not too worried.โ
Cherry-Evans also spoke about the salary cap and understanding how fitting the brothers in could be difficult with the salary cap.
โThey want to stay and Iโm sure the club wants them to stay,โ Cherry-Evans said. โWe are just waiting for it to happen.
โEveryone wants it to happen so I guess thatโs why people get antsy towards the situation because youโre just going, โwhy arenโt they locked away yet?โ
โBut thereโs a lot more to it and thereโs so much to figure out in this day and age for clubs when it comes to salary caps.
โI do understand why itโs taking so long.โ
Manly play the Raiders, Eels and Storm in the next three weeks which will all but decide where the finish in the final table, currently sitting fourth equal on points with the Rabbitohs and Eels.
They will draw level with the Raiders if they win on the weekend but could slip to 6th if they lose, so the brothers have every right to be fully focused on the weekend and not their brewing new contract.
One things looks certain however, they won't be playing for the Bulldogs anytime soon.
Pretty funny/ironic that Cherry-Evans is talking about the tightness of their salary cap…..
Woody ya moron, why would they leave to go to the dogs??? Manly is flying and the dogs are struggling and will be for a few more years regardless of the extra $$$.
Your constant worry of Souths is quite concerning, seems like you havenโt had a decent nights sleep since Souths pumped you earlier this year. Go see a doctor champ
Edwin WoodRot is always saying how different players are supposedly taking less money to go to , or stay at the Chickens. So how are the Trbojevic brothers any different to those at that club? They must be all morons as well?
I say good on the Trbojevic brothers. Good to see two good players & good blokes by the sound of them wanting to stay at their junior club. The club they care about. Makes a refreshing change to all those who simply chase dollars.
Yes, I don’t agree that they do sign for less money! It’s all brown paper bags at the nuggets. Or cover your tracks & have the player manager take the fall , for dodgy TPD’s.
However, if you say the numb nuts at the Nuggets are taking less money to play at that club? How can you go saying the Trbojevic brothers are thick , for taking less money to play at the club that they love???? You can’t have it both ways!
I know the thought of all local juniors taking less money to play at their own juniors club threatens the very existence of the Nuggets. ๐ as that means less & less good players in the east.
More of it we all say!!!!
You named players such as JWH staying at the Chickens. Pity such players as he aren’t Chicken juniors in the first place. He’s a New Zealander who didn’t even start in Sydney at the Chickens. Friend is from Queensland . Poor examples Edwin.
Such players have nothing in common with the Trbojevic brothers. Who want to stay in the area that they were brought up in & stay at their junior club.
There are so few actual Chicken juniors, that that is about the best you can do though.
If you say the Chickens are spending big on the Central Coast, why not keep a team up north? They still packed up from Wyong & scurried back to Sydney.
It makes perfect sense to have one less club in Sydney. If your club is so keen on using the Central Coast juniors, as you have none in the East. Then it makes perfect sense to pack up from Bondi & Move to the Central Coast.
Off you go!