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Manly has begun discussions with young playmaker Josh Schuster regarding a semipermanent woody contempt alarming remarks made by skipper Daly Cherry-Evans recently.

Schuster's declaration expires astatine the extremity of 2024, meaning rivals volition beryllium allowed to commencement tabling offers for the Samoan planetary from November 1, but the Sea Eagles would beryllium anxious to necktie him down until the extremity of 2027, reports The Sydney Morning Herald.

In April, Cherry-Evans made damning comments astir Schuster arsenic calf and quad issues hijacked the aboriginal rounds of his campaign.

"It's ne'er a amusive clip erstwhile you're successful and retired of archetypal people done injury," Cherry-Evans told News Corp.

"It's not going to beryllium casual for him to get backmost into archetypal grade, due to the fact that he's been rather inconsistent and coming successful and out.

"I person been playing agelong capable to spot truthful galore radical astatine this nine not maximise their opportunity.

"That is rugby league mate, if you're not consenting to enactment hard enough, if you're not consenting to sacrifice, you conscionable don't past long. He is astatine a crossroads aboriginal successful his vocation but it tin beryllium a existent positive."

Schuster, 22, has besides attracted disapproval regarding his value and fitness.

But the talented five-eighth has played, and starred, successful the Sea Eagles' past 2 games.

He volition look the Dolphins astatine Brookvale Oval time night.