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No issue with Moltzen's release from Tigers, says agent
Glenn Jackson
July 11, 2011
TIM MOLTZEN is likely to secure a controversial release from Wests Tigers today, four days after his signing was trumpeted by St George Illawarra - a move sparking a war of words between the 22-year-old's current club and his future one.
Moltzen's manager, Martin Tauber, will meet with Tigers chief executive Stephen Humphreys today over the utility back's future. He has already secured a verbal agreement from Humphreys that Moltzen will be released from the final year of his Tigers contract, enabling him to officially join the Dragons and potentially be a replacement for Darius Boyd at fullback.
Tauber spoke with Dragons chief executive Peter Doust and next year's coach Steve Price yesterday and assured them the Tigers would not stop the move. ''They're not going to stand in his way,'' Tauber said.
'There's no issue. The club [Wests Tigers] has been very good about it, and I'm meeting with the chief executive [today]. All being well, all the issues will be resolved and we'll move on with Tim. They gave us a verbal agreement.'' That verbal agreement was the catalyst for the peculiar chain of events of last Friday that have added to the strain on the Tigers, who are experiencing upheaval as a result of their decision to allow a number of players to leave the club.
Having secured a verbal agreement that Moltzen would join them, and following the Herald's revelation that they had targeted him, the Dragons publicly announced the signing on Friday.
That infuriated Humphreys, who released a statement of his own accusing the Dragons of being ''arrogant and disrespectful'' by prematurely announcing the signing on the day of the Tigers' clash with Parramatta. Moltzen's move will add to the loss of Bryce Gibbs and Andrew Fifita to Cronulla - and the continued speculation surrounding the possibility of Penrith securing Chris Heighington and Beau Ryan - which have come with the club courting Melbourne forward Adam Blair.
The Tigers are understood to be close to finalising Blair's signature, and are also expected to sign Parramatta centre Joel Reddy this week. Club officials have maintained they have also had to contend with pouring money into re-signing a number of youngsters, including prop Aaron Woods and Matt Groat.
Meanwhile, the Dragons are expected to be boosted by the return of centre Matt Cooper for the club's clash with Cronulla on Monday night. He has been sidelined since round 12 - against the Tigers - after breaking his hand and damaging both his eye socket and cheekbone.
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