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Message: [QUOTE="Foordy, post: 3405584, member: 1769"] [B]a Badel report... [I]Payne Haas says:[/I][/B] “I’d like to stay,” Haas said, speaking for the first time since his management rocked the Broncos with their email on Wednesday asking for an immediate release. “It’s been really hard, it’s been a tough few days to be honest. “I turned up here (on Friday night) to play against the Titans, so that shows I am here playing for my teammates and the club. “That’s all that matters.” [B][I]Asked if he will be at the Broncos for the remainder of the season, Haas said: [/I][/B] “I don’t know what happens now. “I don’t want to talk about the release stuff. I’ll let my manager handle that side of things and hopefully they can work things out.” “I’m not usually one to get rattled but when the boos came out I had to compose myself and stay in the game and do my job for the team,” Haas told Channel 9. [B][I]Ben Ikin Says:[/I][/B] “We will get back around the table with his management with a view to constructive conversations about what the next phase looks like for Payne at the Broncos,” Ikin said. “I won’t speculate on why he wants a release. He clearly has his own reasons, some of which have been made known to us, others might be only known to him and his agents. “Whatever got him to that point I’m sure will be fleshed out in more detail, and the more we understand each other’s positions, the more constructive the negotiation will be.” [I][B]Asked if he was shocked by Haas wanting out, Ikin said:[/B][/I] “Nothing surprises me in this game anymore. It never ceases to amaze me. “I always expect the unexpected in the NRL. When you are winning, there’s a set of problems. When you are losing, there’s a set of problems and all you can do is approach each problem with an opportunity to find a solution. “Some are good problems to have, some are not so good. “When the negotiation reached this point, we thought, ‘OK, how do we get this back on track and find a solution to this new problem’.” Badel claims in the article: [LIST] [*]Haas’ new manager Tyran Smith believes the NRL’s No.1 prop is underpaid and wants to take the Origin superstar to the open market immediately after we baulked at a salary increase [*]Haas’ management’s rationale is that the 22-year-old is the best prop in the game and thus should be the highest-paid front-rower in the code. Haas’ new agency also manages Addin Fonua-Blake, who is on around $850,000 at the Warriors. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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