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Message: [QUOTE="Super Freak, post: 2831692, member: 8536"] [SIZE=6][B]Storm in eleventh-hour play to prise Anthony Milford away from Broncos[/B][/SIZE] ANTHONY Milford’s manager says the star pivot’s preference is to remain at Red Hill as six clubs, including Melbourne, circle the Broncos ace. Milford’s agent Sam Ayoub today confirmed interest from the Storm, who are scouring the open market for a big-name playmaker [URL='http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/melbourne-storm-star-cooper-cronk-moving-to-sydney-to-be-with-partner-tara-rushton/news-story/075425e6cdfc4466407cc62f03cf5fc6']to replace Maroons halfback Cooper Cronk next season[/URL]. Milford is off-contract at season’s end and the [URL='http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/teams/broncos']Broncos[/URL] are confident of securing the five-eighth after [URL='http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/brisbane-broncos-table-anthony-milford-richest-deal-in-clubs-history/news-story/64750759a5dfe88a1e7391e4923f4c72']putting together a three-year deal worth $2.7 million — the richest in Brisbane’s history[/URL]. But that hasn’t stopped the Storm making an eleventh-hour play to prise Milford away from the Broncos. The Milford poaching bid adds another spicy dimension to the coaching relationship between Melbourne’s Craig Bellamy and Wayne Bennett, who mentored Bellamy in his rookie years at Red Hill. Bennett expects Milford to commit to the club in coming weeks and Ayoub said while the Storm had lodged interest, they had yet to table a formal offer. “Everyone is trying to build it into something more than it is,” he said. “I am trying not to manipulate this situation. Just because an inquiry has been made it doesn’t mean it’s going to happen. “Melbourne rang me about four or five days ago but they have made no offer at this stage. “It would be silly to think there wouldn’t be interest in Anthony, but we’re continuing talks with the Broncos. “His preference is to stay at the Broncos and it’s like Johnathan Thurston, he’s entrenched in North Queensland but it doesn’t mean clubs wouldn’t show interest in him when he’s available. “I won’t be playing this through the media. An inquiry has been made and that’s the extent of it at the moment.” [URL]http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/storm-in-eleventhhour-play-to-prise-anthony-milford-away-from-broncos/news-story/2b1440904bbc20055e5fd42786c4d89a[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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