LIVE: Teddy bombshell tipped amid Suaalii saga

One antheral adjacent to the Joseph Suaalii campy has made the bold proposition Roosters skipper James Tedesco volition request to permission the nine successful bid for the teenage prima to stay.

Suaalii, 19, joined the Roosters 2 years agone from bitter rival South Sydney. He is present astatine the centre of a bidding warfare involving Rugby Australia, who is said to beryllium offering arsenic overmuch arsenic $10 cardinal implicit a fig of years to lure him distant from rugby league.

Steve Nateski was the antheral who advised Suaalii and his household since helium was 12 years old, and helped facilitate his deals with the Rabbitohs earlier helium near the club.

Nateski told the Sydney Morning Herald helium can't spot Suaalii staying successful astatine the Tricolours arsenic agelong arsenic Tedesco - 1 of the champion fullbacks successful the crippled - is inactive playing.

"I respect everything that James Tedesco has done and is doing – this is not a sound connected Teddy astatine each – but I deliberation helium has to permission the Roosters adjacent twelvemonth oregon Joseph volition beryllium gone," Nasteski said.

"Tedesco is simply a once-in-a-generation player, but Joseph is erstwhile successful a lifetime. He is going to beryllium the Michael Jordan of the NRL.

"No player, not Greg Inglis, not Izzy Folau, nary 1 has had the interaction of Joey successful his archetypal 18 games – and helium is simply a fullback and helium wants to beryllium a fullback.

"I told him erstwhile helium went to the Roosters his pathway would beryllium blocked. Teddy is the archetypal choice, and possibly Manu is the second. Joseph volition beryllium amended than some of those guys. Manu tin play anywhere, but arsenic bully arsenic Teddy is I deliberation it's fullback oregon nothing.

"So I deliberation the Roosters volition request to determination Teddy connected adjacent year. The terms if they don't volition beryllium Joey. He is simply a fullback and a superstar."