I did say he was signing for catalans yesterday... but got told I was wrong straight away. The reason I didnt reply back is because I knew 100% that he wasnt going to Salford and had already signed with Catalans

So surely you should have replied then if you were 100%

So you're saying that the Dragons have approached the Bulls and offered some sort of compensation that they may or may not have agreed to. Then, with the Bulls staying strangely silent about the approach and the details of the fee/compensation deal, they have also agreed that the Catalans can talk to the player. Catalans have then approached Whitehead and his agent, negotiated a deal and it's been signed already.

So, the Bulls decision to announce to the planet that they had agreed a transfer fee with Salford was to smoke out the Catalans and deal with them in secret was it? Hmmm, sounds a bit Hans Christian Anderson to me.

If the compensation is in the form of some kind of player swap deal, you can see why they would refrain from announcing it in the same way as we did re the Salford transfer fee.
There is a chance that the Catalans negotiations were ongoing at the same time as the Salford approach, and the Bulls decided to go public with the news of the agreed fee to try and put a bit of pressure on Catalans? Who knows.

It seems to me that we have just been used as a lever for negotiation.

That's sort of what I said but if true, then why isn't the deal done already? Surely Bradford would not have allowed Whitehead to talk to Catalans if they weren't confident that the swap deal(s) they were offering stacked up for them?

What Butcher says will happen a lot until we start to make progress and players realise it is worth coming.

It seems a very strange time for the young player,and his experienced agent,to consider career moves after everything he went through at Bradford and one year on after the death of his father when there will be the emotional
upheaval for his close family to consider as well as relocating to another country.
I hope the young man takes his time and gets the decision correct.
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Official on BBC he has signed for Catalans.

Shame, but don't overdo the wrist action during your tiresome ongoing celebrations

Oh please Jim my curry friend please explain where there is any form of celebration in my statement.

Shocking. I can't believe this. If I was a Salford fan I'd be gutted.

He's not that good, you've dodged a major bullet IMO.

Elliot made the correct decision.

Of course he has.
Assuming it was the same money,after tax,the opportunity to experience the South of France and play in a well established big rough pack,then it had to be the choice most of us would have made.
Must have been a wrench to leave the Bradford area,though.
Good as he's supposed to be,he was hardly a marquee signing.

agreed, maybe signing for Salford in 1 or 2 years time would have been an obvious choice. Like others have said, he has potential, rather than making a BIG difference to any side.

Kook fails again. Just wait for the dummy spit on this latest debacle

And why is that sunshine? Terms with Bradford agreed £100k+ - so how many clubs can do that mid season? The Bulls Directors will be very, very disappointed tonight.

Do you know what the Bulls directors got from Catalan

As a matter of fact yes.

Tit

Are you doing the dummy spit for kook ?
Even his money can't attract players to the crime centre of the north west pmsl

No worries here Curryface - just wait for August 10th - then you might understand. Mind - you will be on school holidays so you may miss the announcement.

Thats a well thought out reply Roger. Typical of a Yorkie who has lost yet another debate.

Lost a debate????

Go on then,how much did the Bulls get for him(quickly make something up)

He could pluck any figure up but you still wouldn't know either so a pretty pointless post really.