Panthers GM Phil Gould has revealed that the Titans tried to lure Panthers five-eighth James Maloney so that star centre Tyrone Peachey could remain at Penrith.
Speaking on his podcast Six Tackles with Gus,ย Gould discussed the potential deal that never took off.
โThe Gold Coast said, โWeโre prepared to do a little bit of a trade. We wouldnโt mind having James Maloney at the Gold Coast, you can keep Tyrone Peachey and weโll take James Maloney because weโd like a player of his experienceโ,โ Gould said.
โI said, โJames Maloneyโs not for saleโ. That wasnโt going to happen. Itโs within their rights to make the inquiry. But Tyrone will honour his deal at the Titans.โ
Peachey signed a three-year deal with the Titans but is reportedly considering backing out of it.
Gould also said he made Maloney's manager away of the inquiry just to be transparent.
โI spoke to (Maloneyโs) manager just to let him know the inquiryโs come in,โ Gould said.
โI refused it but I rang his manager and said, โGold Coast Titans have made an inquiry about James Maloney, Iโve said no, Iโm just letting you know theyโve shown some interest.โ
โJames has brought so many great things to our club. Weโve signed him for three years for a reason, and heโs only in the first year of that contract. I can understand the Gold Coast Titans too because theyโre a young club on the rise, theyโre within their rights to chase the player they think can help their club as well.
โI think other clubs know weโre going to run into salary cap issues over the next couple of years so thatโs why they make approaches to Corey Harawira-Naera and those sorts of players. Weโd like that to be in our control but by the same token weโre mindful that if our players are worth more money and other clubs are wiling to pay it and we canโt, weโll look at that with a compassionate view.โ
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