'Embarrassing' Tino pub deal report slammed

Bulldogs brag Phil Gould has unleashed aft a study emerged of Canterbury trying to lure Gold Coast skipper Tino Fa'asuamaleaui by offering him an concern successful a pub.

According to a News Corp study published connected Sunday, Canterbury was attempting to entice Fa'asuamaleaui with a $4 cardinal contract, arsenic good arsenic a involvement successful a pub owned by Arthur Laundy — the proprietor of the Bulldogs' large sponsor, Laundy Hotels.

The study insinuated the Bulldogs were trying to cheat the wage headdress successful a bid to tempt Fa'asuamaleaui into signing.

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Fa'asuamaleaui and powerhouse Titans teammate David Fifita are escaped agents aft the axing of manager Justin Holbrook triggered clauses successful their contracts.

Addressing the study of a shady pub deal connected Nine's 100% Footy connected Monday night, Gould said Laundy was "extremely upset", earlier ripping the nonfiction to shreds.

Tino Fa'asuamaleaui successful Queensland Maroons camp. (Chris Hyde/Getty Images)

"This nonfiction has conscionable travel retired of near field," Gould said.

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"Someone's added 2 and 2 unneurotic and got five, again, on the lines of trying to destabilise our club, which has been a beauteous communal taxable close passim this play and, successful fact, ever since I joined the club. It's conscionable a continuing childish happening they do. But that's beingness successful the rugby league world.

"It's made up, it's made up, someone's made it up.

"The writer of the nonfiction rang Laundy connected Friday oregon Saturday to speech astir it, not saying helium was going to constitute thing astir it, not saying that helium was going to beryllium quoted, and to which Arthur tells maine rather emphatically helium denied immoderate cognition of immoderate Tino recruitment.

Phil Gould, Canterbury's wide manager of football. (Ian Hitchcock/Getty Images)

"He surely doesn't person immoderate rugby league players investing successful (his) pubs astatine the moment. He's got an AFL player, he's got a erstwhile nonrecreational golfer, he's got immoderate friends and relatives, but determination are nary rugby league players. He had a erstwhile NRL manager years ago, who has since been paid retired of the pub, but helium has nary rugby league players successful this."

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The study besides claimed the Laundy household had contacted NRL main enforcement Andrew Abdo successful hunt of approval for the deal.

The writer past reported connected Monday that the NRL had told the Laundy household the statement would person to beryllium included successful the wage cap.

"You work the nonfiction today, you would deliberation it's a done woody — Tino's got fractional a pub and he's coming to the Bulldogs and Arthur Laundy did the deal," Gould added.

"How embarrassing for Arthur and however embarrassing for Tino. They don't attraction astir who they people with this. It's embarrassing."

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