I reckon theres as good a chance as any. The fact that he left with year remaining on his contract tends to suggest that he's got something lined up. The question is where?

I can't believe he's left a decent job with a years contract left to go without having a few irons in the fire.

Catalan?
Wakey?
Bulls?
Giants?

Those roles all start next year so it gives him a nice holiday and time to brush up on current RL

I once bumped into Alan Shearer at Knutsford Services. Literally. 1993 it was. He went to push the door at the same time I did, except I was a 16.5 stone prop at the time and got there a split-second before he did, and he must have been 12 stone wet through.

How many times have you been offered a leather jacket in Knutsford Services?

Been offer twice, exactly the same patter complete with continental accent.

'we have just come from the NEC at a trade show and we heading back to Italy, but have a lot of excess stock'

Knutsford is between the NEC and Italy then? Perhaps he was lost.

I have encountered exactly the same pitch at Reading M4 services, which makes it a bit more geographically credible, but his chances of success were limited by the notices stuck up inside the services building, warning against just this stunt. This was 2 or 3 years ago.