{"id":581692,"date":"2026-08-27T06:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T06:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/581692\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T06:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T06:58:10","slug":"nrl-2026-png-preparing-to-offer-nathan-cleary-record-setting-offer-6-million-over-four-years-will-he-re-sign-with-panthers-news-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/581692\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL 2026: PNG preparing to offer Nathan Cleary record-setting offer, $6 million over four years, will he re-sign with Panthers, news, reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"

Penrith\u2019s battle to retain Nathan Cleary <\/a>is heating up with reports emerging that PNG are weighing up a record-setting offer to the superstar half.<\/p>\n

The Chiefs can\u2019t approach Cleary until November 1 but the NRL\u2019s 19th franchise will be armed and ready if the Panthers half reaches that date without a new deal from his current club.<\/p>\n

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According to CODE Sports<\/a>, the Chiefs will consider an offer worth $6 million over four years at a whopping $1.5 million a season.<\/p>\n

It would be the richest deal (per season) in NRL history.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s more, that figure will be tax-free. There will also be tax-free third party deals that will be thrown at Cleary.<\/p>\n

Financially, the Panthers simply won\u2019t be able to match that sort of offer.<\/p>\n

Cleary would earn at least $2.5 million more than he would at Penrith over the course of the proposed four-year deal thanks to tax breaks. <\/p>\n

The Panthers are also fighting to keep several other stars including Liam Martin and Isaah Yeo, although it\u2019s being tipped that a Yeo extension will be announced shortly.<\/p>\n

If Cleary does decide to head to Port Moresby to continue his career, he\u2019ll reunite with former teammate Jarome Luai. Current Panthers teammate Brian To\u2019o has also signed with PNG.<\/p>\n

Cleary is one of several halves on the Chiefs\u2019 radar with that list including Sam Walker and Zane Harrison.<\/p>\n

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While this development will no doubt strike fear into every Penrith fan, ex-Panthers CEO Brian Fletcher believes Cleary will remain a one club man<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel confident Nathan will be a one-team player for the rest of his life. That\u2019s my gut feel,\u201d Fletcher told foxsports.com.au.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy would you go anywhere else when you can play with a team like that and be successful?<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is that much young talent still there and it\u2019s coming through. You\u2019re guaranteed success, probably for the rest of your career.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Penrith\u2019s battle to retain Nathan Cleary is heating up with reports emerging that PNG are weighing up a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":581693,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-581692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}