James Haskell will be released by Wasps at the end of the season and is in danger of missing the World Cup next year because he does not have another Aviva Premiership club to play for.

Wasps will announce this week that the England flanker will be departing after two stints at the club lasting a total of 12 seasons. Haskell is keen to stay — it is understood that he would take a pay cut to do so. Wasps, however, were not keen to negotiate.

The problem for Haskell is that he hopes to carry on playing for England, for whom he has won 75 caps, and to extend his international career through to the next World Cup. He is 32 — and will