Astonishing six-year quirk seals monster deal

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- By Zac Bailey

Dylan Brown could beryllium an Eel for life.

Parramatta has locked successful the in-demand playmaker until the extremity of 2025, but Brown has an enactment successful his favour until 2031.

The Eels five-eighth turned down offers from rival clubs - including Wayne Bennett's Dolphins - to stay with past year's runners-up for astatine slightest the adjacent 3 years.

"Dylan's 1 of the elite players successful his presumption which he's developed into implicit the past fewer years truthful I'm definite determination was a batch of interest," Eels CEO Jim Sarantinos said.

"We're committed to Dylan for the agelong term. We privation to spot Dylan successful a bluish and golden jersey for his full career."

The archetypal enactment successful Brown's favour is successful 2026, with a further enactment part-way done the six-year period.

"We respected his and his manager's wishes and we're comfy with wherever we landed," Sarantinos said.

"The woody was negotiated heavy connected some sides and yet this is wherever we landed.

"He's accomplished a batch and he's got overmuch up of him, but it's a travel for him and it's a travel we privation to spell connected with him.

"Dylan has been with our nine since the property of 15 and I deliberation that the club's done a helluva batch for Dylan and Dylan's done a helluva batch for the club.

"We're assured we tin proceed to bash that and erstwhile the clip comes, guarantee Dylan stays committed to the nine for the agelong term."

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