Club fumes as World Cup star signs with rival

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Glamour English nine Wigan has expressed its displeasure with prima guardant John Bateman aft reluctantly releasing him to articulation Wests Tigers connected a semipermanent deal.

The Warriors enactment retired a property merchandise successful which they intelligibly stated they were hopeless to support the talented guardant and lone fto him spell aft repeated requests.

The merchandise said, "The nine archetypal heard murmurings that John Bateman wanted to permission successful July. After speaking to John, his cause and the nine successful question, we made it wide that we wanted John to stay astatine Wigan and the substance was closed.

"During the World Cup campaign, John fto the nine cognize of his tendency to spell backmost to the NRL. He asked to get the World Cup retired of the mode first, and past prime up discussions.

"With our tendency to assistance England to bash good successful the tournament, we agreed to wait. After the tournament, John went connected vacation and expressed his uncertainty regarding his aboriginal and requested clip again to benignant retired successful his ain caput what helium wanted to do.

"On Wednesday 14th of December, John informed america of his determination that helium wants to effort the NRL 1 much time. It has been somewhat of a frustrating play but the nine present accepts that it is successful everyone's champion interests that John is allowed a transportation from Wigan.

"In situations similar this, determination are evident consequences. The uncertainty surrounding John's aboriginal means that we person had to hold the squad numbers. The squad numbers person present been signed disconnected and volition beryllium communicated betwixt Christmas and New Year.

"Secondly, determination volition beryllium nary contiguous replacement for John arsenic players person their contracts agreed with their clubs."

The Tigers meanwhile, are delighted with yet different marquee signing.

"He's a satellite people subordinate with an tremendous enactment ethic," said manager Tim Sheens.

"He's the benignant of subordinate who leads by example. I person nary uncertainty John volition marque a large publication to this nine implicit the adjacent fewer years."

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