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.

โ€œThe campaign has begun,โ€ Kent said.

โ€œIt is that transparent. Peter Badel doesnโ€™t write a story quoting Wayne Bennett, without Wayne knowing the whole picture.

2025 NRL Season Guide

DOWNLOAD NOW FOR FREE!

โ€œKarl 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.

โ€œHe 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.

โ€œI made a statement about it and thatโ€™s all Iโ€™m saying. Itโ€™s speculative. Iโ€™ve spoken to nobody. Iโ€™m making a statement and I will leave it at that,โ€ Bennett said.

โ€œYou donโ€™t 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.

โ€œThe thing Iโ€™ve learnt in this business is that the โ€˜no commentโ€™ doesnโ€™t work. I wasnโ€™t going to run around making no comment. So Iโ€™ve made a comment about it and thatโ€™s 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.

โ€œPart of the problem for Wayne Bennett is that he is on contract,โ€ Badel said.

โ€œIf 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.

โ€œBut the Rabbitohs are building towards the finals and Bennett doesnโ€™t want to destabilise the South Sydney train

โ€œWayne loves the Broncos and he cares about the club

โ€œBut Wayne Bennett would need some certainty about running the football department at the