The Broncos are interested in luring Rabbitohs star Cody Walker, according to a report by theย Courier Mail.
It is understood that Brisbane are one of seven clubs interested in the playmaker, who is contracted until the end of 2020.
Walker's manager Matt Rose said he has had preliminary conversations with a number of rival teams, but nothing had yet advanced.
โTo get so many inquiries shows the level Cody has reached as a player and his growing stature in the game,โ Rose told theย Courier Mail.ย
โIโve had a stack of clubs call me to express their interest in Cody and gauge what his intentions are.
โThe clubs are asking if Cody plans to be at Souths long-term and their desire to have talks.
โThereโs nothing I can do right now so we will wait until November to have formal talks.
โThe challenge for Cody is to maintain his form. He is determined to have a huge year for Souths and he wants to win a premiership โ that is his focus right now.
โCody is contracted to Souths for another 18 months so they have time on their side to try to keep Cody.
โBy November, we will know his market value and weโll see what happens.โ
Walker nearly joined the Broncos three years ago on a three-year deal that would've seen him team up with current coach Wayne Bennett but backflipped at the last minute.
โI was pretty close to going to the Broncos actually,โ Walker told The Sunday Mail.
โI remember going over to (former coach) Michael Maguireโs house to say, โSorry mate, Iโm taking up an offer from Brisbaneโ.
โBut the next day Souths came back with a revised offer. They offered me an extra year and that gave me some security.
โI was a bit nervous meeting Wayne. He is such a powerful figure in our game, so it was quite daunting to sit down in front of him. But once we settled in, I found him to be a funny guy and he was easier to talk to than I thought.
โThe first day he came to Souths, he had a joke with me. He said you wouldnโt bloody come to Brisbane, so I had to sign with Souths to coach you.
โIโm just enjoying playing football at the moment. Iโm signed here until 2020 and Iโm leaving the rest to my manager. Right now, Iโm happy at Souths.โ
Rose added that he believes Walker is still improving as a player.
โCody turns 30 next year but he is the type of guy who can play another five years into his mid-30s like Cooper Cronk and Cam Smith,โ Rose said.
โCody is still getting better as a player.
โSouths havenโt spoken to me at this stage (about a new deal) but they have a lot going on with Greg Inglisโ retirement and knowing exactly how much salary-cap space they have.โ
Where are you woody?
Donโt worry about Woody, CMON DOWN SHADOW
๐๐ literally the best comment Iโve ever read
SSTID is hiding, or is he barred from this site ?
Spot on cookem mate.๐๐ . . . .๐คฃ๐๐๐๐คฃ๐๐๐๐คฃ . . . .๐ช๐๐ The souffffffffffffs “TRANSIT LOUNGE” are so stupid that they are willing to off load the GRUB Walker so they can have an attempt at Latrell Mitchell. But Mitchell loves the Sydney Roosters and is a life time Chook๐
Walker on the other hand needs to do what Ferguson did and sign on for any club at the very highest price. Walker debuted for souffffffffffs at the age of 26 coming down from Coonabarabran and turns 30 this year He probably won’t make it to 35 as a player and at best has three years in him. So if the Bronco’s are offering 800k per season and soufffffffffffs TRANSIT LOUNGE are only offering 500k its bye bye Walker.๐คฃ๐๐๐๐คฃ๐๐คฃ
He went ๐๐๐๐๐Rooster Salary Cap Crazy ๐ค๐ฅด๐๐๐ ๐ฅด with his other soufffffffffffs CLOWN ๐คก๐คก๐คก๐คก๐คก๐คก๐คก๐คก disciples and they realised what 1D10TS they were and took off to another site to spread their garbage gospel.
shadow is the only N1TW1T left of his nutter ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ค๐ค disciples from souffffffffffffs, and 3caps๐๐๐ฒ has a cameo sooky souffffffffffs appearance sometimes. ๐คฃ๐๐๐๐คฃ๐๐ช๐๐——-=—๐๐ฅ
Nice one cookie. Who needs woodchip or shadow when we have you. 2 for the price of 1.
The only Italian retirement I recall was the send off Souths gave overrated Miniachello in the 2014 qualifier before starting a career as a shoe salesman for his wife.