www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/22869455 The BBC Website have claimed Wigan have made a bid for Hopkins. I presume this is the guy a lot of people have been talking about as a potential home grown prospect similar to Walmsley. The early bid from Wigan should now potentially flush out the Saints Boards possible level of resolution if Hopkins has the potential that is claimed.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/22869455 The BBC Website have claimed Wigan have made a bid for Hopkins. I presume this is the guy a lot of people have been talking about as a potential home grown prospect similar to Walmsley. The early bid from Wigan should now potentially flush out the Saints Boards possible level of resolution if Hopkins has the potential that is claimed.

I think Leigh are now resigned to losing him due to our current situation.

I was told that he already signed for Saints. Obviously not, but it looks like a bidding war will now be on the cards, because Wire are after him too !

In that case he'll probably go to Wire. Lenegan will not pay over the odds.

Hope the board shows some backbone and gets it done.

With them name dropping Wigan and not Saints, it could be that they're just trying to get Saints to pay a higher fee.

With the cap room we simply must have available this season and particularly next season, if we can't, it shows how poor the situation is at Saints.

And Saints just won't pay....

If Sam know all three clubs are genuinely interested, then, no matter what transfer bids are made, surely its his choice who he signs for?

"Hi, it's Eammon here... We're interested in Sam Hopkins. Will you take Josh Per... hello? Hello? How odd..."

The reason they name dropped Wigan is because the Leigh director (Andy Mazey) was responding to the Leigh fans on their forum who where discussing an article in the Wigan Observer. Go on to Leigh's forum and read his statement in full.

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I read in the paper on Monday that Warrington are after a prop from Featherstone instead.

Technically, Leigh can deny him a move to whichever club(s) do not meet their valuation whilst the player is under contract.

Realistically, as the BBC article says he only signed a one year contract at the start of this season, I'll assume he'll be a free agent at the end of the year. That means that he could depart to whichever club he wanted to at that time. Leigh will know this makes their negotiating hand rather weak. Hopkins could, if he so wished, decline to move to any club which made an acceptable bid for him and wait until the end of the season to walk for nothing.

I'm guessing he would be able to negotiate a deal for next season now.

However, he'll be on pittance at a halfbaked club like Leigh and would probably want to move now so he can start earning a proper wage sooner.

Thats a bit harsh considering how our own club are being "misrun" at the moment in relation to contracts and signings!

Our own club is run within good corporate governance, we are just not winning everything in this current period. Leigh are a proud club with proud fans and I am afraid when saddened is in this mood red vee is more appropriate.

It's not meant as a criticism. What I meant is that they're surely a semi-pro club, the salary cap is somewhere around the £105,000 a year level for all playing staff? That by 20 players is an average of £7,500, roughly minimum wage.

The Championship salary cap is £300,000.

Is 1st July the new anti-tampering deadline? Did I read that somewhere? I guess any signings will be announced after this date.

Are you sure? Saddened is "always right".

I think it's 1st June for Super League and assume it's the same for the Championship.
Tickle to Widnes was announced yesterday.

Yeh, that's right. Koukash should make the news again soon with his 6 signings.

I can see it now - Happy, Sleepy, Grumpy, Sneezy, Dopey & Bashful.

Should just change your name to clueless

Yep I'm sure they will announce some signings soon. With the quality of player they are talking to will put them ahead of us next year providing they all turn out.

Maybe we can take some of their rubbish off them for next year.

Saints Wigan and Warrington are all after Sam. He signed a new 3 year deal at Leigh so a fee will be payable. Noise on the street is he has signed for Wigan. Was only offered £15,000 from Saints.

We won't have offered anything. We don't buy players anymore. If the is a fee we are out the race.

Surely not? Wigan won't outbid Warrington.