Former Parramatta captain Nathan Hindmarsh says he wants the Eels to leave the door open for Semi Radradra to return after his stint in French rugby.

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Radradra has signed a one year deal with Toulon and will leave the NRL after the 2017 season.

It is understood the Eels offered the winger a sizeable pay raise, but that the money forked out by cashed up Toulon blew it out of the water.

Despite the turbulent season Radradra had at the club, Hindmarsh said he’d like to see him back in the blue and gold if he decided to leave rugby union after the first year of his contract.

“You’d like to say yes,” Hindmarsh told Fox Sports News when asked if the Eels should go after Radradra again.

“For what he’s done for the club, he’s a try-scoring machine. He’s exciting. He puts bums on seats.

“If he does the one year and goes ‘this isn’t right for me,’ I’d like to see Parramatta offer him another deal back there because he does win games.

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“He scores tries and that’s what you want your wingers to do, so why not?”

With 330 first grade caps to his name, Hindmarsh played his whole career at the Eels but doesn’t begrudge Radradra for seeking the big bucks elsewhere.

“He’s getting upwards of $750,000 a year to play rugby union compared to $500,000 what the Eels offered him, which is very good money for a winger,” he said.

“You can’t knock him for that.

“He’s got his family back there in Fiji, but it could also be the fact that he just wants to try something new and you can’t knock a bloke for doing that.

“We’ve seen Haynesy go and try different things before. Izzy Folau’s made a name for himself in rugby union, so you can’t knock a bloke for trying and you also can’t knock a bloke or chasing a bit of money.”