Yes he would, a working Visa has to be renewed if someone changes employer. If it wasn't a problem Chase wouldn't be playing for Cas!

He is on a massive salary at Cas. Yes to be fair he is. However where does that leave Saints and Salford and all the others who have invested heavily to build new and improve existing stadiums to satisfy framing for the future. Will Cas and Wakey be replaced at the next opportunity. Leigh fit the bill and Fax and Fev have at least invested or will the farce continue. I think all fans of the game should be interested in this situation.

It's amazing how these things can become less of an issue if the right person is asking the question

Chase's visa isn't an issue. He got one for Hull, it just didn't come through in time.

Hull were prepared to wait, player wanted to come but it became apparent the visa would never be approved, hence him nearly going back to the nrl.

As he's a kiwi, wouldn't he need a visa to play in Australia ?

It wasn't anything to do with waiting, the visa came through after the deadline for signing players in a season.

Basil is in the Manchester Evening News almost saying Rangi has signed for Salford. There is a comment on how Basil believes him to be better than Long. I'm not sure about that to be honest.

Another one bites the dust then. We dont pay transfer fees anymore, how depressing.

it's plain for all to see that Saints are not prepared to invest in top players. Results speak for themselves. We are 8th in the table with no sign of going any higher. By signing two NRL players for next season the board seems to think that their troubles are over. We still desperately need a No.6 and one more quality prop before we can possibly challenge for honours. If we cannot afford top players then it's the duty of the chairman to make the financial position clear to the supporters.

Like I said, he signed for Salford the other Saturday morning

Or salford can offer a lot more in terms of his wage packet?

I am sure Wilkin will rip it up at 6 next season, in the 24 games Wheeler is out injured.

If true and we've not got someone else tapped up already, the club is a joke.

Signing Chase could have catipulted us back up the table, particularly if we'd signed another decent forward.

Given that Salford are going to have to pay a premium to tempt players away from their current clubs, the impact on the Cap of signing these players is going to be bigger.

Anyone else think Dr Carcrash plans a bit of a legal barney with the RFL/SL at some point in the near future...?

Then again, it remains to be seen if the RFL/SL can grow a pair when faced with a rich/powerful individual making a string of marquee signings that has everyone thinking "how the frig can they stay under the Cap with all those?"

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I'm pretty sure the RFL would just roll over. They do whenever Wigan come to them with a proposal so they can fit another player in or given Sam Tomkins another few hundred thousand pounds (When he's off at the soonest possible oppportunity).

Salford have been miles under the cap this year so we have plenty to spend. Add to the fact that we will probably off load 10 players at the end of the season, 2 of those being our top earners. So why the hell can’t Salford sign a marque signing and surround him by 5-6 good players? Don’t think the RFL need balls to stand up to people like the Dr, I think people need to get there heads out of there ar$es and realise our game is struggling and needs people like him around to a) invest money and b) create some headlines and press coverage that the game needs. Just because he shakes the apple cart a bit and some of the so called bigger clubs and their fans get their noses out of joint, who cares! The more stronger teams in SL the better and the better the competition the more people will want to watch

Just because Dr Kockrash has money to burn, Doesn't mean we will give in easily.

Rangi has not signed for Salford ! - Should things change, We will make it work for us. But he hasn't asked to go anywhere yet.

People telling me he's already agreed terms with Salford just between Cas and Salford for transfer fee now. Hope it's true, he'll be one of the biggest signings in Salford's recent history.

I don't think terms are going to be an issue, But he is happy at Cas - He told Daryl Powell he had advised his agent he wanted to stay at Cas, And nothing appears to have changed.

Steve Gill told our fans last week we hadn't received an offer for him (You cannot speak to him without our permission) - So unless a lot has changed, You can't have agreed terms - remember, Koucash was telling your fans when he came in he had already signed Chase, When he hadn't.

The fee would range between 250 and 400k - but we will not accept it unless he wants to go, And he has shown zero signs, In fact. Was very blunt after Wigan away to fans the other day in the pub, Saying he would never go to Salford.

I guess time will tell.

I'm not being funny pal but your CEO is hardly going to say you want rid of your best player before the season is over is he?
Marwan has told fans he will announce signings on August the 9th due to certain signings not wanting to rock the boat with their current clubs. Now it does sound quite a coincidence that doesn't it?
I remember John wilkinson saying to us all that Stefan Ratchford isn't for sale as he wants him to be central to what the club wanted to do when moving into the new stadium, he even said stef was happy, weeks later he announced stef was being sold to Warrington. Don't believe everything people say especially when the company they work for is struggling fanancially.

Its a done deal

I wonder how keen you would have been for someone to come in a bulldoze the cap before Dr Kashcow came along to save you?

Well seen as Wigan and Warrington have "apparently" done it before its just a different teams turn now. How many people do you hear saying they wish Man City never did what they did in 2012? Nobody because its a change and makes the game more interesting?

So the answers no then. I wonder how interesting you would have found it if the bigger clubs in the league forced the rfl to ditch the cap then just sailed away into the financial distance before the good Dr came along? Clubs like wigoon buying up players just to keep them away from other teams like they used too.

Things change with money but as a whole the game is skint, allow a handfull of teams to pull away completely and it will be as dull and predictable as the premier league in football (sky big it up but it's just the same crap year on year) or La Liga where only 2 teams have any chance