Bitter rival's secret $2.7m Suaalii bid revealed

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A concealed declaration connection prepared by South Sydney for roar teen Joseph Suaalii has been revealed.

Sydney Morning Herald columnist and 9News newsman Danny Weidler shed airy connected the deal that was worthy $2.7 cardinal implicit 3 years.

The Rabbitohs had reportedly prepared the connection successful June, and had kept it up their sleeve arsenic a "plan B" if Latrell Mitchell opted to permission the club.

Ultimately Mitchell signed a caller semipermanent woody successful December, and South Sydney has present withdrawn immoderate involvement successful luring Suaalii backmost to the burrow.

Suaalii was a Rabbitohs inferior earlier being poached by bitter cross-town rivals the Roosters successful 2020, wherever helium has present played 21 NRL games successful the past 2 seasons.

But astatine 19 years aged helium remains 1 of the hottest properties successful rugby league, and is yet to perpetrate to a declaration enactment for 2024 successful his Chooks deal.

While Suaalii has played the bulk of his NRL vocation to day connected the wing, helium is viewed by astir arsenic a aboriginal superstar astatine fullback.

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Mitchell present owns the No.1 jumper astatine South Sydney and truthful the Bunnies person small request for some big-money players connected their books.

But the Redfern nine was prepared to wage Suaalii $800,000 successful 2024, $900,000 successful 2025, and $1 cardinal successful 2026 - according to the Herald - if Mitchell left.

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