'Ain't going': Huge issue with Manly's marching orders
UPDATED: Immortal Andrew Johns has nominated the Gold Coast Titans as the club most in need of a player like Josh Schuster after the struggling $800,000-a-season playmaker was told by Manly he had permission to talk to other clubs, but former NSW coach Brad Fittler says there’s likely to be a huge obstacle to any deal getting done.
Speaking on Wide World of Sports’ Freddy and the Eighth on the same day the news broke that Schuster had been given his marching orders, Fittler doubted that any club would be willing to stump up the cash to take the 22-year-old off the Sea Eagles’ hands.
Manly coach Anthony Seibold on Wednesday confirmed that Schuster had been given permission to leave at the end of the season, potentially cutting short a lucrative contract signed last year that ties him to the northern beaches until 2027.
However, for that to happen the Sea Eagles are likely to have to shell out a significant chunk of change for the player once touted a future representative star to wear a rival’s colours, although that may not be the case if performance clauses were written into the contract extension Schuster inked last year, per News Corp reports.
“I’m not sure what’s the situation from the point-of-view of legalities of just cancelling someone’s contract but Josh is on a lot of money. Josh ain’t going anywhere,” Fittler said.
“No one’s giving Josh the kind of money he’s on at Manly. He has the potential to be a really good player, he just hasn’t shown it enough.”
The Schuster situation is different to the Zac Lomax situation because in this case a potential termination of the contract is being driven by the club, not the player.
That will likely mean that the Sea Eagles must ensure that Schuster continues to be paid the full amount he is entitled to in the terms of the current contract. For that to happen either the next club he plays for has to be prepared to pay him roughly $800,000-a-seson, or Manly will have to pay the difference.
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