Emails and text messages between a high-profile entrepreneur, the former Parramatta Eels NRL club CEO and a well-known player agent have allegedly revealed how the trio planned to pay footballer Anthony Watmough an extra $75,000 a year in circumvention of the salary cap.

A Fairfax Media investigation can reveal entrepreneur Stephen Moss and ex-Eels CEO Scott Seward inflated a contract to deliver the $75,000 a year to player agent George Mimis' client, ex-Manly star Watmough.

Part of former Parramatta player Anthony Watmough's salary is the subject of an investigation. Credit:Getty Images

It can also be revealed that a legal battle looms between the embattled club and Moss, the 32-year-old son of former Macquarie Bank director and Eels tragic Bill Moss, with the Eels moving to cancel the controversial $1 million contract that was part of the alleged scam to channel money to players in breach of the salary cap.

Having recently raided the office of four player agents, including Mimis, the NSW Police Fraud and Cybercrime Squad announced it was scrutinising false or inflated invoices, which were allegedly used by the Parramatta rugby league club to channel money to their own players.