{"id":73962,"date":"2025-08-17T01:28:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T01:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/73962\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T01:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T01:28:07","slug":"tino-breaks-silence-on-7-5m-poaching-bid-from-rivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/73962\/","title":{"rendered":"Tino breaks silence on $7.5m poaching bid from rivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gold Coast Titans skipper Tino Fa\u2019asuamaleaui has brushed off mounting speculation about his long-term future, insisting his focus remains on playing football despite reports linking him with a move away from the club.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old forward, who is contracted to the Titans until the end of 2033 on a landmark 10-year deal, holds a get-out clause that would allow him to walk away at the end of next season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While the Titans are desperate to retain their captain, veteran journalist Phil Rothfield has reported that the Dragons, Bulldogs, and incoming Perth Bears are circling.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Bears are reportedly lining up a blockbuster five-year, $7.5 million offer in a bid to lure him west.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/rugby-league\/news\/which-clubs-should-be-eyeing-jayden-campbells-signature\/2c9f05313a39976f16474291\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Which clubs should be in the race for Jayden Campbell&#8217;s signature?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In his first game back from a three-week injury layoff \u2014 a tough 54-22 defeat to Cronulla on Saturday \u2014 Fa\u2019asuamaleaui was quick to shut down speculation about his future when pressed after the match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m at the Titans. I\u2019m dedicated to playing well for the Titans and my coach,\u201d Fa\u2019asuamaleaui said in his post-match conference interview.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy manager is dealing with that stuff, but I\u2019m here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m dedicated to the next three weeks and get some wins and some pride in our jersey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just want to get back to playing football, I\u2019ve been out for the last month so I\u2019m not worried about the external stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Maroons star also found himself in the headlines over his potential international allegiance, with reports suggesting he could follow Payne Haas in switching from Australia to Samoa ahead of October\u2019s Pacific Championships.<\/p>\n<p>While Haas has reportedly informed Samoan teammates of his decision, Fa\u2019asuamaleaui kept his cards close to his chest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. I\u2019ve been in rehab. It\u2019s pretty hard to think about football when you\u2019re not playing football,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just want to get back out there and play well for the Titans and worry about that later on.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gold Coast Titans skipper Tino Fa\u2019asuamaleaui has brushed off mounting speculation about his long-term future, insisting his focus&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-73962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73962","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=73962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}