Things are cooking now.

Bizarre episode. Hopefully the announcement means we are ready to confirm replacement soon.

And weirdly rumoured to be signing for Salford…..

Must be part of the Croft deal surely?

‘Let us buy croft and we’ll make sure you don’t pay a fee for Nene’

He’ll get a warm reception from the South Stand im sure!

You’d think so as otherwise very strange to terminate a contract and allow him to move to another SL club for free

He won't be back in the UK.

If it was part of a Croft deal it would be here's xxx pounds plus Nene.

That could be effectively what has happened and maybe why it’s been kept quiet

Good riddance tbh. I don't care what the personal circumstances were, disappearing from the club and not keeping them informed where he was - at a potentially critical time of the season - was totally unacceptable.

I wish we'd played hardball with him, and maybe we have, but his attitude won't be missed even if his on field ability might be.

We can’t make exceptions on attitude for some talent. Shame because phsically the guy is an athlete but there is a reason he’s over here and this is not the first time demons have caught up with the lad.

Spot on

Another one out before their contract was fulfilled.

Wrongly I thought that the club would say he is on contract to us. Any club wanting him, pay a transfer fee to us.

Clearly Nene's statement a week or two ago was in an attempt to try protect himself from being sacked without a payout. If Nene has been offered as part of the deal for Croft then it works for both us and Salford. The last thing we wanted was Nene remaining on the books, not playing whilst being paid and taking a crucial quota spot away from us.

Good riddance to bad rubbish. Seems his off field attitude left a lot to be desired.

I assumed the complete opposite. Second he didn't come back I assumed we'd just let him off his contract and he'd be free to go and sign for whoever he wanted. Lo and behold…

Great on the pitch, terrible off it.

It was never going to work. Don't care who or where he plays next. Just glad he's out of our club.

Officially confirmed signed for Salford

Another 4year deal, Salford better make a vasectomy part of the deal.

What’s that supposed to mean？

He must have really ed off Smith and GH for us to release him

He was chasing a deal whilst in Australia behind the clubs back. Once that fell through, he thought he could waltz back into Headingley like nothing had happened. Gary was quite rightly waiting with Nenes P45.

His lack of commitment meant he often turned up to training late, or not at all, and apparently this caused a bit of tension in the locker room. It's probably understandable why Cameron was so blunt about him not coming back from Oz.

If you look at his playing career, there is a pattern of him moving clubs roughly every 12 months over the past decade. That probably tells it's own tale. I wouldn't be surprised if he stays at Salford until he gets a better offer and does a vanishing act again.

It's a shame as he is a great player. With the right attitude, he could be one of the best around.

Not sure why we wouldn't hold on to his registration and require a fee if he was going to join another team, particularly a Super League team.

I mean if we are looking to sign a Salford player, and he goes to Salford, then we do look like chumps if he goes for nowt and we have to pay a big fee.

Maybe it is a legality thing? Do they still have to pay wages if they hold the registration as part of the contracts?

I'm just glad he is gone and someone else's problem, to be honest. Let it be a learning curve.

In one sense if he doesn't want to play for us there is nothing we can do, but in another sense what's there to stop us saying to Brodie Croft we will give you a bigger paycheck if you walk out on Salford so we don't have to pay a fee.

Is it only a problem if you ask someone to do it, or are players just free to break contracts whenever they feel like it.

UK employment laws don't give employees unfair dismissal rights until they have 2 years of "permanent" employment. Can you just sack a player anytime, or do the games bylaws prevent it?

I'm genuinely confused here.

That he went on paternity leave never to return, 'i ain't dun nuffin wrong guv'.