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Message: [QUOTE="McHunt, post: 3534360, member: 9853"] Looks like due diligence on his agent's behalf. I don't have a problem with any of this, but I hope he stays without breaking the bank. Payne is due to earn $848,000 next season, but his agent agent[B][I] Ahmad Merhi [/I][/B]knows he can command 7 figures on the open market: [INDENT]“We’re pretty clear that we are going to wait until November 1. We’re four months away from November 1 and it would ...be a smart decision to wait until November 1 seeing Payne is the player he is and there is a possibility he may get the Dally M award this year. We have discussed it and we are going to wait until November 1."[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][U]"His preference is to stay in Brisbane."[/U][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]"He also understands that there are other opportunities so he wants to look at those opportunities when they present themselves and then go from there – weigh up the pros and cons and go from there.”[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]“We hear the rumours as well about Australian rugby and the Bulldogs. [U]I can tell you it is all just hearsay.[/U] We do our usual rounds of sending a list to all the clubs in the NRL and in the UK saying these are the players coming off in 2024 and they are up for negotiation on November 1. [U]They all respond with the same response – keen to talk about Payne[/U]."[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]"[U]I think Payne’s concerns last year with Brisbane were about being in a competitive team."[/U][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]“I know he wants to tick boxes and I am allowing those boxes to be ticked. He is ticking boxes at the moment – they are winning, he is in a competitive side. I know why he wants to play for Kevvie – Kevvie is a gentleman. Commercially he will wait until November 1. Ultimately it is his decision – he has to weigh up the pros and cons.”[/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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