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Liam Watts’ seven-year tenure as a Hull FC player is set to end this week after the club agreed to sell the player.

Sources have told the Mail Hull have become increasingly frustrated with Watts’ on and off-field behaviour which includes the prop being sent off four times in the last year.

Following talks with the player the 27-year-old has been told he is no longer wanted at the club and he has not been at Hull since last week.

The Mail understands Hull agreed a fee with Toronto Wolfpack, however having been alerted of his availability, Castleford Tigers are now understood to have made a move for Watts and have agreed a three-year deal which is set to be announced imminently. There are currently no suggestions how much Castleford have paid Hull to land the player.

UPDATE BELOW:

Still serving a ban for his red car against Warrington, Watts is unable to play for a further two weeks but is expected to link up with Daryl Powell's side this week.

Watts is believed to be upset by the decision and was shocked to be told he was no longer wanted by the back-to-back Challenge Cup winners.

Signed from Hull KR in 2012, Watts has grown to become one of the standout forwards for Hull but despite his form, his disciplinary record has become a source of frustration for the FC coaching staff, as has other aspects with the decision understood to be a culmination of a number of disciplinary issues.

The emergence of Masi Matongo and Brad Fash, alongside the likes of Scott Taylor, Chris Green, Josh Bowden and Mickey Paea have convinced Hull they can cope without a forward who was being linked with an England call-up last year for the World Cup.

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