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The Panthers have responded after star half Jarome Luai took a subtle jab at coach Ivan Cleary after he claimed rival clubs would be taking a âriskâ signing him as a chief playmaker.
Penrith powerbrokers have tabled a two-year extension worth $1.7 million to extend his stay at the foot of the mountain.
However, he hit the open market on November 1 and will field offers from clubs worth north of $1 million-per-season, potentially to become a central playmaker for the respective teams.
On Thursday, Luai took to Instagram, posting an anime-styled image of himself with the caption âKnow Your Worthâ.
He also accompanied the post with 50 Centâs Hustlerâs Ambition, which is the lead single to the famous rapperâs 2005 feature film Get Rich Or Die Tryinâ.
Panthers football CEO Matt Cameron was aware of the post when approached by the Daily Telegraph.
âIâve seen it, we havenât engaged with Jarome about it,â Cameron said.
âThe coach has been away, he was back the day before yesterday. I think the coach had been in touch with him. We had a meeting with him three weeks ago, and all parties were very transparent. Ivanâs comments yesterday, they were things we have been talking about.
âThe post is what the post is ⊠I donât live in a social media world. Weâll engage with Jarome and continue that conversation.â
Luai has forged a hugely successful halves partnership with Nathan Cleary and the pair have lifted the trophy over the past three seasons.
However, Cleary believes his five-eighth âbelongsâ at the Panthers but did admit the offers potentially being tabled would be difficult to turn down.
âBut thereâs no doubt if the offers we are hearing ⊠the thing is before today, theyâre just maybes,â Cleary said earlier this week.
âI guess once theyâre actually concrete offers he can sort of understand more about the decisions to be made, so see how that goes.â
Sparking the to shot from Luai was Clearyâs claims that Luai hasnât been a central playmaker in the past, but would need to take up that role if signed on a mulit-million dollar deal.
âIs he ready for that? Thatâs a question mark I would think,â Cleary said.
âCan he do it? Iâm sure he could do it. Has he done it? He hasnât really. In this team he has his role to play. Thatâs a risk everyone would have to take.â
However, Cleary also made it abundantly clear Panthers powerbrokers want him to remain with the club who have tabled their best possible offer.
âEveryone is always looking for high-quality halves and heâs definitely one of those,â Cleary said.
âBut he knows where weâre at, so itâs just a matter of him getting whatâs out there, checking it out and coming back and then weâll see what happens after that.
âItâs hard to say exactly what we would do or we wouldnât do. We have made it pretty clear what we can afford, but thereâs something thereâs always other things you can maybe do.
âWe want to make it really clear we want him to stay. Iâm pretty sure he wants to say that as well. But money talks, so I guess we will see.â