Gold Coast is refusing to let its best player walk out on his contract unless the Titans can get the last remaining Burgess brother, or arguably the game’s best young lock in return.

The Sydney Morning Herald reports the Titans won’t let Arrow play for South Sydney unless the Rabbitohs agree to swap him with a player like Tom Burgess or Cameron Murray.

Murray and Arrow are two of the NRL’s most talented rising forwards and have both already represented their respective state in State of Origin, while Murray has also played for Australia.

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Round 19

The Bunnies have signed Arrow from next year, but the club is trying to lure him down to Sydney ahead of the 2020 season.

He’s contracted to Gold Coast for one more season and the Queensland club won’t be letting the young star go lightly.

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“We consider Jai pretty important, probably our best player at the club,” Titans head of football and culture Mal Meninga said.

“We are very happy with Jai staying around.”

His comments followed those made by South Sydney football boss Shane Richardson on Monday, where he revealed he was still hopeful of Arrow wearing the cardinal and myrtle in 2020.

Gold Coast chief Dennis Watt told the Sydney Morning Herald the Rabbitohs’ latest offering was a winger - not named - in return for letting Arrow go early.

It’s been speculated both Dane Gagai and Alex Johnston could be shopped around by the Rabbitohs after the signing of Latrell Mitchell on Monday.

South Sydney isn’t in a salary cap squeeze just yet but they now have a plethora of backline players on their books.

“At this stage, we are obviously keen to keep Jai,” Watt said.

“They did offer us a player last week, but he was a winger so... at this stage there is nothing there to interest us.”

Watt and Meninga haven’t shut the door on releasing Arrow, but are holding firm and waiting for a decent offer from South Sydney.