{"id":300171,"date":"2023-12-16T07:40:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T07:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=300171"},"modified":"2023-12-16T07:40:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T07:40:06","slug":"jarome-luai-to-sign-monster-five-year-deal-with-wests-tigers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/rugby-league\/jarome-luai-to-sign-monster-five-year-deal-with-wests-tigers\/","title":{"rendered":"Jarome Luai to sign monster five-year deal with Wests Tigers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jarome Luai is set to sign a monster five-year deal worth more than $6 million with Wests Tigers.<\/p>\n

The Panthers star has told coaching staff and teammates he will not be at the club beyond next season and is set to join the joint venture from 2025. He told teammates in an emotional post-training session announcement on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Jarome Luai is on his way to Wests Tigers.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>Steven Siewert<\/cite><\/p>\n

The premiers had offered Luai a three-year, $2.55 million deal to remain at the club until 2027, but the NSW and Samoa representative decided to test his value on the open market.<\/p>\n

Luai has played 107 matches for the Panthers, winning the past three grand finals.<\/p>\n

Under the NRL\u2019s new rules, Luai can declare only his intention to sign with the Tigers, giving Penrith a 10-day period to come up with a bigger offer to try to keep him.<\/p>\n

Luai also retains the right to pull out of the deal with the Tigers during that period, creating a fortnight of intrigue about his future, given the big-money offer also on the table from the Bulldogs, worth about $5.5 million over five years.<\/p>\n

NRL documentation: Last right of negotiation clause<\/h3>\n

Every player must provide his incumbent club with a last right of negotiation for a 10-day period from the date of notice that the player has received an offer from a rival club, and that offer has been submitted to the NRL, that he is prepared to accept. In order to give effect to this clause:<\/p>\n