Paul Kent believes Rabbitohs coach Wayne Bennett will make a return to the Broncos either in 2021 or 2022.
Karl Morris is open to Bennett returning to the club in a coaching director role and Bennett said he was humbled by the suggestion as per,ย The Courier-Mail.
Kent believes that behind the scenes there are developments in motion to bring Bennett back to Red Hill.
โThe campaign has begun,โ Kent said.
โIt is that transparent. Peter Badel doesnโt write a story quoting Wayne Bennett, without Wayne knowing the whole picture.
โKarl Morris is currently the chairman of a club that is in trouble that needs a way out and Wayne is now potentially a light out of the darkness.
โHe sits there and goes, if Wayne Bennett will get us out of this mess then we will do it and that is what he entertained today.โ
Bennett was grilled about the developments at a press conference on Wednesday.
โI made a statement about it and thatโs all Iโm saying. Itโs speculative. Iโve spoken to nobody. Iโm making a statement and I will leave it at that,โ Bennett said.
โYou donโt leave me in a position not to make a statement. The statement was made at the other end and I was only responding to that.
โThe thing Iโve learnt in this business is that the โno commentโ doesnโt work. I wasnโt going to run around making no comment. So Iโve made a comment about it and thatโs where it stops.โ
Journalist Peter Badel believes Bennett is reluctant to admit the fact he is considering a return to the Broncos to be fair to his current employer South Sydney.
โPart of the problem for Wayne Bennett is that he is on contract,โ Badel said.
โIf he was off-contract now I think he would be at the Broncos next year. But a bit like Bellamy who has always been off-contract at the wrong time when the Broncos wanted to pursue him. Wayne Bennett has another 12 months to run at Souths.
โBut the Rabbitohs are building towards the finals and Bennett doesnโt want to destabilise the South Sydney train
โWayne loves the Broncos and he cares about the club
โBut Wayne Bennett would need some certainty about running the football department at the