The length of contracts we are offering players is a definite tactic to overcome either money shortfalls in what we can afford to offer or to combat the ‘problem’ with the geography or maybe a combination of both.
This lad is from and lives in the Lancashire area, he was probably offered at least a one year deal at Salford so we’ve had to sweeten the deal by offering him 3. He’ll have to relocate so realistically he’ll have wanted some security.