Flanno\u2019s bold Dragons call; Broncos\u2019 big changes as exiled Dog back <\/a><\/p>\nDynasty Over? Penrith stars off-contract | 02:23<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019d be the first $2 million player. If he left Penrith, someone would pay him $2 million,\u201d journalist Michael Carayannis said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019d be the closest we\u2019ve ever seen to the $2 million mark,\u201d Read added.<\/p>\n
Worryingly for the Panthers, Cleary isn\u2019t the only player that is off contract at the end of next season. <\/p>\n
The halfback headlines a strong list of 10 players, including Origin stars Brian To\u2019o and Isaah Yeo.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no way Penrith will be keeping all of those players,\u201d NRL360 host Braith Anasta opined. <\/p>\n
Carayannis tended to agree, believing guys like To\u2019o and Moses Leota would attract larger money offers elsewhere.<\/p>\n
\u201cLiam Henry and Scott Sorensen are leaving to Perth at the end of the year so yeah there\u2019s a salary cap squeeze,\u201d Carayannis said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou look at guys like Mitch Kenny, Brian To\u2019o, Moses Leota and Liam Martin who have been well paid but probably haven\u2019t cashed in as much as they could have… now they\u2019re in line for one.\u201d<\/p>\n
LIST OF PANTHERS THAT BECOME FREE AGENTS ON NOVEMBER 1, 2026<\/p>\n
Nathan Cleary<\/p>\n
Isaah Yeo<\/p>\n
Mitch Kenny<\/p>\n
Liam Martin<\/p>\n
Blaize Talagi<\/p>\n
Brian To\u2019o<\/p>\n
Moses Leota<\/p>\n
Paul Alamoti <\/p>\n
Isaiah Papali\u2019i<\/p>\n
Tom Jenkins<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s strange to imagine Nathan Cleary in any other NRL jersey than a Penrith one, and while the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":593255,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,689,225745,11096,289633,5094,289631,4605,289424,4572,677,30092,289632,4598,46,269536,289634,6264,231337,760,14762,4476,85,26121,3439],"class_list":{"0":"post-593254","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-australia-and-new-zealand","11":"tag-bombshell-report","12":"tag-daniel-nuttall","13":"tag-halfback-headlines","14":"tag-isaah-yeo","15":"tag-michael-carayannis","16":"tag-mitch-kenny","17":"tag-money-offers","18":"tag-moses-leota","19":"tag-oceania","20":"tag-open-market","21":"tag-open-market-inc","22":"tag-penrith-panthers","23":"tag-perth","24":"tag-pic-desk","25":"tag-predicted-blues-team","26":"tag-price-tag","27":"tag-rohan-kelly","28":"tag-rugby","29":"tag-salary-cap-squeeze","30":"tag-scott-sorensen","31":"tag-sports","32":"tag-tom-jenkins","33":"tag-western-australia"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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