Isaac Moses (Mitchell's manager and relative) met with Cleary and football manager Kelly Egan after the team's captain's run in Townsville, however it is understood no agreement has been reached. There appeared to be no tension between the coach and five-eighth during the session, but Cleary has previously stated he didn't want a player that had no desire to be "on the bus". "If he doesn't want to be here now, then we'll have to revisit it," Cleary told Fairfax Media. "But I certainly haven't seen that in his attitude the last couple of days. I think most players would want to play well for their current team. He's got a contract here. At the end of the day Mitchell will decide through his actions where that goes. Straight up, I was just shocked that a release was even suggested. The offer was withdrawn from Mitchell purely for monetary reasons and trying to get three of them at once. You can imagine that's hard to deal with. "It wasn't working so at some point we had to decide that: a) if we make some priorities we can try and get the ball rolling. And b), the cap forecast had changed in terms of managing risks for the club. We certainly hadn't closed the door on Mitchell Moses. So to have a release request an hour later, I wasn't really ready for that. We wanted to revisit it. Those offers had been on the table for some time then all of a sudden the cap moves. If they got accepted, we would have been scrambling. Most clubs don't have the amount of money we do sitting in limbo."

Moses is unlikely to be released to play for Parramatta against the Tigers next week, however there's a possibility he could be in the blue and gold the following week when Brooks is hopeful of returning from a hamstring injury. The Tigers aren't hiding their desire to be active in the player market after Moses decided to sign with Parramatta next season. Widdop, who is off contract at the end of this year at the Dragons, is believed to be their No.1 target, with Johnson a close second. It's likely Johnson will demand close to a million dollars a season, therefore any contract offer will depend on the future of James Tedesco and Aaron Woods. However Johnson does have a strong relationship with Cleary, who handed the lively playmaker his debut back at the Warriors in 2011.