MELBOURNE are resigned to losing coach Craig Bellamy to Brisbane, according to a report from Fairfax Media.

Bellamy admitted on Wednesday to having talks with the Broncos with a three-year offer from the Storm also on the table.

The 58-year-old said before he could think about Brisbane, which could involve spending a year out of the game with Wayne Bennett locked in at the Broncos in 2019, he needed to decide on the Melbourne offer.

He said he planned to use next week’s bye to make a call and declined to hint at where his future lay.

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“We’d dearly love to keep him and will fight hard to do so,” Melbourne co-owner Matt Tripp told Fairfax Media.

“We believe he belongs in Melbourne. We certainly won’t be beaten so far as the offer goes.

“We think our offer is reasonable and fair. He’s synonymous with the Melbourne Storm, he’s a legend of the club, he’s a legend in our state and we want him to stay that way.”

Bellamy and Broncos chief executive Paul White have both claimed the Red Hill-based club haven’t tabled an offer, but NRL 360 host Paul Kent claimed that wasn’t true.

“There has been an offer, it hasn’t been contracted as such,” Kent told The Late Show with Matty Johns.

“But certainly they’ve discussed terms and amounts.

“I spoke to Bart Campbell, chairman of the Melbourne Storm

“He said if Craig’s after a four-year deal we can offer that, we turn over $31 million a year, there is no way the Broncos will outbid us.

“ ... Craig hasn’t even got the final offers on the table yet, but it’s heavy negotiations at both ends.

“Part of the fly in the ointment for the Broncos is they wanted Craig for 2020, Craig wants to coach next year, he put that to the Broncos and they’ve got to make a decision now whether they pay Wayne out or surrender Craig.”

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Meanwhile, Bennett has already been linked to his next coaching gig should be exit the Broncos.

According to the Nine Network, Super League powerhouse Wigan are preparing a “huge offer” to snare Bennett after coach Shaun Wane announced he’d be leaving the club at the end of 2018.

Bennett has a connection with a number of the Warriors players through his job as England’s head coach, but a full-time move to the UK appears unlikely given he’s already expressed his desire to remain in Australia.