South Sydney are shopping Tom Burgess to rival clubs in an attempt to offload the English prop as part of a radical overhaul of their underperforming roster.

The Rabbitohs are almost certainly out of the finals race after their seventh consecutive loss, prompting a review of their squad. General manager of football Shane Richardson was concerned about their recruitment and retention during his stint at the NRL and is looking to put the broom through the playing ranks.

Burgess, one of the highest-paid players at the club, is viewed as a priority despite the fact he is contracted until the end of 2018.

It is understood he is on a deal worth about $500,000 a season, with Souths prepared to pay some of his freight in order to get him off the books. Several English and Australian clubs have been sounded out about taking him in 2017.