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Message: [QUOTE="McHunt, post: 3104124, member: 9853"] He still isn't signed. The news apparently is the other clubs have all pulled out. [B]Badel [/B]says: "Brisbane were prepared to offer a monster five-year deal but with Sydney clubs going cold the Broncos could settle for a two-year package, with option clauses, worth around $750,000 a season. A shorter-term deal would still keep Fifita at the Broncos until at least 2022, but gives the Broncos more cap flexibility as the 108kg back-rower enters the next phase of his highly promising NRL career. Souths and the Bulldogs were regarded as Brisbane’s primary threats but Bennett admits the signing of Jai Arrow and Latrell Mitchell has put the Broncos in the box seat to retain Fifita." [B]Bennett [/B]says: “We won’t be signing David Fifita, we can’t afford him. We’ve signed Jai Arrow and Latrell Mitchell, so we’re happy with our roster. It’s not often a player leaves Brisbane. The lifestyle is a big factor, especially for a local kid like Dave. The trouble can be the Sydney kids who go up to Brisbane because they aren’t locals but with Fifita, he seems happy (at the Broncos), so we won’t be chasing him.” [B]Seibold[/B] says he wants Fifita to be the forward spearhead on Brisbane’s left edge and is confident he will not walk out on the club: "We are very comfortable with the situation. Dave is in no rush and we are in no rush, but we want David to stay here and continue his career here. I love coaching him and have a really strong relationship with him. We are working very hard to keep him. There are strong relationships between us and Dave’s family. We know where we are at with it. There’s no pressure on the kid.” McHunt [/QUOTE]

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