The Parramatta Eels have confirmed five-eighth Dylan Brown will go away the membership on the finish of the season.
It adopted a day the place experiences claimed Brown can be provided an NRL-record deal from the Newcastle Knights, and the participant alluded to his departure on social media.
ABC Sport is reside running a blog each spherical of the AFL and NRL seasons in 2025.
Information Corp first reported on Monday that Brown, 24, had agreed to signal a 10-year, $13 million deal to hitch the Knights from subsequent season.
The Eels mentioned Brown had advised the membership on Monday that 2025 can be his final in blue and gold.
Eels basic supervisor of soccer Mark O’Neill mentioned he believed the deal being provided to Brown can be the biggest in NRL historical past.
“Dylan has been provided what I perceive to be the largest deal in NRL historical past from 2026 onwards,” O’Neill mentioned.
“Dylan is a category participant. We perceive his choice to take up the provide and no-one may begrudge him for accepting this chance for him and his household.
“Regardless of agreeing to phrases with one other NRL membership for future seasons, Dylan stays dedicated to the Eels in 2025 and we stay up for him taking part in his function within the staff for the rest of the 12 months.”
Experiences emerged on Monday afternoon that Brown was on the verge of signing the monster cope with the Knights.
If the reporting is appropriate, the deal would surpass the 10-year, $12 million deal the Gold Coast Titans handed Tino Fa’asuamaleaui in 2023.
Following that report, Brown took to social media, hinting that he would depart the Eels on the finish of this season.
“Howdy everybody, I’ve determined to take a possibility that’s finest for me and my household,” he posted on Instagram.
“To the Blue and Gold household … nothing modifications. I am locked in for this 12 months and we’ve a job to do.”
The New Zealander, who has represented the Kiwis in eight Take a look at matches, has performed 124 matches for the Eels since making his debut in 2019.
Brown performed in all 24 video games for Parramatta final season, when the facet slumped to a lowly fifteenth.
He was additionally the beginning five-eighth for the Eels’s horror begin to 2025, crushed by the Stom in Melbourne 56-18.
