Brad Arthur has hit back at criticism suggesting that the Parramatta Eels are making the wrong decision to bring back Jarryd Hayne in the 2018 season.
Parramatta legend Peter Sterling insists that the Eels should've primarily focused on signing a front-rower.
Hayne took a pay-cut of three-quarters of a million dollars. The two-time Dally M medal winner was paid $1.2m at the Gold Coast, now agreeing to a $500,000 deal with the Eels.
Anyone who departs one club and sings with another is usually receiving an increase in their paycheque.
โJarryd had taken a substantial hit and he has done it for all the right reasons,โ Arthur said.
Reports suggest that Hayne will most certainly play in the centre position, Sterling believes that it's not an ideal position for the talented fullback. Arthur still hasn't provided a confirmation as of yet.
โSomewhere in the backline,โ Arthur said.
โThe thing is he can play centre, he can play wing, he can play fullback.
โHe has shown that he can play five-eighth.
โBetween now and round one lots of things will chop and change.โ
Adding respect to the criticism, Arthur said: โIt is alright to say go and buy a front-rower but there needs to be a front-rower available.
โAnd what they also need to know is that we still have money for a front-rower.
โIf we didnโt keep money last year and just went and threw it around on anybody we wouldnโt have got Mitchell Moses.
โAnd maybe we wouldnโt have finished fourth, I donโt know.
โBut we have money there for the right person when they come around.
โWe only have 28 players in our squad."
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