From Whitehead and his agent's point of view I can see it playing out along the lines of:
Put the transfer request in now - if a club comes in now, great.
Realistically most clubs cannot afford to bring him on board now given the salary cap and complications of any swap deals and moving players on loan to various clubs.
If he has to sit in the stands until the end of the season, it's no good to the Bulls. At the end of the season, they will then look to offload him for whatever deal they can - however minor that will be.
At this point he may have a club or two lined up who can fit him into the salary cap for next season once other players have been released or moved on of their own accord.
The timing is purely for Whitehead, but actually helps the Bulls in some ways if they are ready to let him go at the end of the year for a pittance. They can plan now for replacing him with players from other clubs, or offering others improved contracts who may leave but we wish to retain (ala Kearney).
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