“I’ve sat down with Jarome at length about where we’re going, and he’s fully committed to the club – like fully committed.
“And he copped a lot of flak for the clauses he had in his contract, and I’ll be honest, those clauses are not going anywhere. But he’s given his full commitment to our side, OK.
“If there’s anyone I trust in our team the most, it’s that player.”
Asked if those clauses were staying to safeguard against further political instability, Marshall said: “Ask him that. It’s not my decision to say.”
The long-term future of fullback Jahream Bula, who has a mutual option in his contract, is also clouded. Negotiations to keep him continue.
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“Yeah, we’re working really hard on making that happen,” Marshall said.
“I don’t usually talk about recruitment, but I’ll be honest, you don’t know with these decisions, but I am confident that he will stay, and we’re doing everything possible to keep him.”
Marshall said the team wouldn’t use the ownership distractions as an excuse, but admitted the club could do without them.
“Oh yeah, it always hurts when you go through something that’s tough, especially when it affects the fans and the members and a lot of people,” he said.
“We’re humans at the end of the day, so you can’t hide from it. The only thing you can do is have a plan to move forward, which we do, and that plan for us hasn’t changed.
“And my job is to get the players in a position to give our fans something to cheer about and that’s what we’re doing, that’s why I’m standing here. I didn’t really want to have this [press conference], to be honest, but at the end of the day we’re here and we’re moving forward.”