Bevan French - STAYING or GOING (merged)

[Charriots Offiah]

French wants to stay, Wigan have known this for weeks. They cant announce anything because If his family member cannot for whatever reasons out of Wigans control come over here permanently, then French will head home.

Hence the clubs public stance of nothing has been done or agreed. Every aspect between Wigan & the player has been done for a long time but until factors outside of the clubs control have been dealt with the club will continue to portray to the media that no decision has been made on French’s future yet.

From my very first post on here French had agreed a deal with Wigan, the NRL offer came in and Frenchs agent then (and rightly so) put that offer to Wigan who have now gone above and beyond to agree a even bigger improved deal to secure his services for 2023 and beyond (common knowledge we’ve offered him a lot more than we did at first) If French does leave its because of external factors. He wants to stay.

Wigan behind closed doors remain confident he will be here next season.

Well, it doesn't seem to be a problem for the thousands of migrants crossing the English Channel.

[Mike]

Don't worry Truss will let him in. To Rwanda.

[Dan2266]

Don't quote me on this…. Someone I know unrelated to Wigan thinks that Wigan will announce Bevan as player of the year and then his contract…

Id of said Field player of the year personally

And I also don’t think we are in a position to announce anything

[wgwr1999]

French wants to stay, Wigan have known this for weeks. They cant announce anything because If his family member cannot for whatever reasons out of Wigans control come over here permanently, then French will head home.

Hence the clubs public stance of nothing has been done or agreed. Every aspect between Wigan & the player has been done for a long time but until factors outside of the clubs control have been dealt with the club will continue to portray to the media that no decision has been made on French’s future yet.

From my very first post on here French had agreed a deal with Wigan, the NRL offer came in and Frenchs agent then (and rightly so) put that offer to Wigan who have now gone above and beyond to agree a even bigger improved deal to secure his services for 2023 and beyond (common knowledge we’ve offered him a lot more than we did at first) If French does leave its because of external factors. He wants to stay.

Wigan behind closed doors remain confident he will be here next season.

I think a MASSIVE thing that people forget is that this next contract is very likely to determine where Bevan French will be for the rest of his career on the field but also the rest of his close family's life & that is not a decision I would personally like to be rushed on or have play out in the national media of two countries.

[wgwr1999]

Don't quote me on this…. Someone I know unrelated to Wigan thinks that Wigan will announce Bevan as player of the year and then his contract…

Id of said Field player of the year personally

And I also don’t think we are in a position to announce anything

Field got Player's POTY -- French could very well get Fan's POTY.

[Dan2266]

Don't quote me on this…. Someone I know unrelated to Wigan thinks that Wigan will announce Bevan as player of the year and then his contract…

Id of said Field player of the year personally

And I also don’t think we are in a position to announce anything

Field got Player's POTY -- French could very well get Fan's POTY.

Field with both, puts that one to bed

[wgwr1999]

Don't quote me on this…. Someone I know unrelated to Wigan thinks that Wigan will announce Bevan as player of the year and then his contract…

Id of said Field player of the year personally

And I also don’t think we are in a position to announce anything

Field got Player's POTY -- French could very well get Fan's POTY.

Field with both, puts that one to bed

I thought his intentions might have been made public today but I guess it's pointless without the formalities sorted.

[Charriots Offiah]

Don't worry Truss will let him in. To Rwanda.

If only.

[CobraCraig]

French wants to stay, Wigan have known this for weeks. They cant announce anything because If his family member cannot for whatever reasons out of Wigans control come over here permanently, then French will head home.

Hence the clubs public stance of nothing has been done or agreed. Every aspect between Wigan & the player has been done for a long time but until factors outside of the clubs control have been dealt with the club will continue to portray to the media that no decision has been made on French’s future yet.

From my very first post on here French had agreed a deal with Wigan, the NRL offer came in and Frenchs agent then (and rightly so) put that offer to Wigan who have now gone above and beyond to agree a even bigger improved deal to secure his services for 2023 and beyond (common knowledge we’ve offered him a lot more than we did at first) If French does leave its because of external factors. He wants to stay.

Wigan behind closed doors remain confident he will be here next season.

I don’t think that’s true at all that French wants to stay, he’s openly come out in interviews stating he wants to go back and play in the NRL and the reason why he’s been delayed on signing for us is he was hoping an NRL club would come in for him.

[wgwr1999]

French wants to stay, Wigan have known this for weeks. They cant announce anything because If his family member cannot for whatever reasons out of Wigans control come over here permanently, then French will head home.

Hence the clubs public stance of nothing has been done or agreed. Every aspect between Wigan & the player has been done for a long time but until factors outside of the clubs control have been dealt with the club will continue to portray to the media that no decision has been made on French’s future yet.

From my very first post on here French had agreed a deal with Wigan, the NRL offer came in and Frenchs agent then (and rightly so) put that offer to Wigan who have now gone above and beyond to agree a even bigger improved deal to secure his services for 2023 and beyond (common knowledge we’ve offered him a lot more than we did at first) If French does leave its because of external factors. He wants to stay.

Wigan behind closed doors remain confident he will be here next season.

I don’t think that’s true at all that French wants to stay, he’s openly come out in interviews stating he wants to go back and play in the NRL and the reason why he’s been delayed on signing for us is he was hoping an NRL club would come in for him.

I love how everyone becomes body language & speech analysts when it comes to Bevan French interviews.

And that last part has been proven false on numerous occasions by the fact an NRL bid came in & Wigan still had the opportunity to increase/improve their offer to the player instead of him jumping on the first flight home.