JARRYD Hayne has been forced to correct his own version of events after being caught out making a false accusation against the Parramatta Eels.

The former NFL running back yesterday declared the Eels failed to offer him a formal offer before he signed a reported $2.4 million deal with the Gold Coast Titans.

Speaking before his first training session with his new teammates on Thursday, the 28-year-old was forced to tell a different version of the story.

The Eels on Wednesday issued a statement declaring they did put a tangible offer in front of Hayne’s manager Wayne Beavis, believed to have been a three-year deal worth $2.5 million.

Ahead of his expected debut for the Titans on Sunday against the Warriors on the Gold Coast, Hayne admitted the Eels made him an offer but only after he probed for one.

“They offered me a contract when I asked what was going on,” he said.

“I had to ask. I’ve been unemployed for almost a month now.

“I’ve been knocking back offers for that long waiting for theirs.

“If you have to call someone to ask what’s going on it’s not a good sign.

“I waited as long as I could. They’ve got bigger issues than that.”

Hayne denied his decision was simply about money and said Parramatta’s off-field woes in the wake of their salary cap scandal was also a factor.

Aiming to prove his fitness to play for the Titans in their home NRL clash with the Warriors on Sunday, said his toughest challenge would be getting his emotions in check.

“I probably haven’t been this emotional leading up to a practice,” he said.

“As a professional athlete I’ve just got to get my head right and as each hour passes or each day goes by I feel better and better.”

Titans enforcer Greg Bird, an NSW State of Origin teammate of Hayne, said excitement around the superstar’s arrival was palpable.

“Everyone’s seen what he can do for a football team,” Bird said. “In 2009 for Parramatta he took them all the way through (to the grand final) from basically nothing halfway through the season. “I’m looking forward to seeing that sort of form from Haynesie.”

Meanwhile, former Blues skipper Paul Gallen believes Hayne won’t simply waltz back into the NSW side for State of Origin next season.

Hayne will return to the NRL this weekend for Gold Coast after almost two seasons away.

The superstar fullback’s return to rugby league has been welcomed by long suffering Blues fans. But Gallen, who retired from the Origin arena after this year’s series said Hayne will have to work hard for his spot.

“It will be a boost for NSW, for the fact that it raises competition amongst spots,” Gallen said on Thursday.

“He can play fullback, he can play centre, he can play at five-eighth if he needed to, which means everyone currently in those positions will need to step their game up.

“It is only going to be a positive. But I don’t think he is going to walk back into the side. He is going to have to earn it. Speaking at the launch of the Sydney Darts Masters at Star City, Gallen said Hayne’s return hasn’t made him change his mind on his Origin retirement.

“I love the bloke. He is a terrific player. But my time there is done,” Gallen said.

Gallen said he had no doubt Hayne would be a great buy for the Titans, but with just five rounds to go before the finals he questioned how long it would take before the former Parramatta skipper would hit his straps.

“He is not going to be an instant success,” Gallen said.

“Jarryd is a big personality and to step into that side I think it will take a few weeks. He will be able to come back and play good football but he will have to fit into the side.

“Jarryd is a team player. He is not all about himself. It won’t take him long to fit in.

“It might be a bit of a tough ask this weekend with only a couple of training sessions but he will get there.”