SEN Breakfast<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cBut it\u2019s his business how he sees this and where he thinks the best location is for him in relation to his family.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t like getting involved too much in these personal decision, they are way more complex than we all think from the outside looking in.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I\u2019ll just leave it at that, I\u2019m not too involved in the private lives of my players.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fagan also stressed his desire to keep Neale at the Lions, though he understands that could prove difficult.<\/p>\n
He revealed he plans to let Neale make his own mind up, with their chats often instead focusing on his player\u2019s wellbeing given the drama surrounding his personal life.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe definitely want to keep him. There\u2019s no question about that,\u201d Fagan continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe thing is that we don\u2019t have that much power in that decision because it\u2019s really something that is up to Lachie because he\u2019s a free agent.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe knows we want him to stay and we\u2019ll be trying to make him an offer that will help him to stay. But he\u2019s got other things going on in his life that he has to think about as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo it\u2019s a fairly complex situation that he finds himself in. I haven\u2019t had too many lengthy conversations with him about that, I\u2019m mostly checking in just to see if he\u2019s going okay because he\u2019s had a year where he\u2019s been under a hell of a lot of scrutiny and pressure. My concern mostly as his coach is for his welfare.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhatever decision he makes going forward, we hope it goes our way, but we also understand if it doesn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
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