A mammoth bidding war to secure the services of Titans star Tino Fa’asuamaleaui is reportedly looming.
The Queensland enforcer’s manager revealed he will hit the open market come November 1, with three teams preparing their bids to sign the superstar forward.
That is according to veteran rugby league reporter Phil Rothfield, who has revealed the Dragons, Bulldogs and Perth Bears are the interested parties.
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“I’m told St George have gone in with an absolutely massive offer. It’s going to be the richest offer in St George Illawarra history for a player,” he said on Triple M.
“(He’s) the ideal man to lead all those emerging forwards coming through.
“The other story, the Canterbury Bulldogs… The Bulldogs have already got Leo Thompson from Newcastle.
“If they got Tino with Max King and the rest of them. It can deliver a premiership there.”
Fa’asuamaleaui is currently signed on a 10-year deal until the end of the 2033 season, but a get-out clause means he could be free to depart at the end of 2026.
Therefore, he is free to speak to rivals after the Titans’ 2025 campaign, with his agent Simon Mammino revealing his client with sit down with the Bears and Mal Meninga.
“We will have a look around, but that’s because we don’t really know what’s going on at the club at the moment,” Mammino said.
“Tino would probably prefer to stay. We just want to see some decisions made that the club is stable.”
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However, while the Dragons and Bulldogs could be interested, The Australian’s Brent Read was of the belief the Bears could blow them out of the water.
Read a salary of $1.5 million could be on the table in a five-year deal that the Red V would not be able to compete with.
“I think they are going to make him the richest deal for a forward in the game’s history,” Read said.
“I would imagine even the Dragons would struggle to match the dollars on offer in Perth.
“They’ve got an entire salary cap they have got to throw at players and they want to land some marquee guys. And Tino’s at the top of that list with Cameron Munster.”