Eels captain Clint Gutherson has been offered a deal to return to Manly, according to Fox Sports.
With Parramatta's contract talks with the star fullback stalling, the Sea Eagles have swooped into the conversation.
NRL 360 co-host Paul Kent announced the news on Monday night.
“Not great news for Eels fans,” Kent told Fox Sports.
“Manly are of the belief they’ve got a pretty strong chance of signing him,” Kent said.
“He’s a Manly junior, he played at Manly until getting release a couple of years ago when he kept getting the knee reconstructions - he had a couple of them back to back - which made them think it might be time to let him go.
“But they’ve always had a high regard for him.
“I think that now the club is in a little bit of a rebuild stage, and the way Parramatta has mishandled this whole negotiation, the Sea Eagles are back in the fight.”
Gutherson told reporters that his contract disputes were not affecting on-field performances.
“No, we play a professional game,” Arthur said when pressed on the issue following the loss to the Knights.
“These blokes get paid to be professionals and roll up every week and put their bodies on the line and that’s why I was proud of them today. “We’ve got to do it again next week.”