'Top level talks' over $800k enigma's club switch

Manly has held top level talks with the Tigers about a possible switch of colours for enigmatic five-eighth Josh Schuster.The move of highly-regarded recruitment manager Scott Fulton, who is very close to Schuster, from the Sea Eagles to the Tigers last week, has got tongues wagging.Schuster is an outstanding talent but has been plagued by attitude, fitness and injury issues throughout his career.In the past week alone, Manly skipper Daly Cherry-Evans admitted Schuster was "at a crossroads", and suggested he wasn't working as hard at his injury recovery as he should.Then a story broke over the weekend that Schuster had been involved in a scuffle with lower-grade clubmate Dean Matterson.Schuster is contracted to the Sea Eagles until the end of next season on a whopping $800,000-a-season deal.The Tigers aren't prepared to pay that amount - and the deal would only happen if Manly pays part of the bill or a player swap is thrown into the equation.And what was the fight about? A tradition at Manly is that when a player gets a haircut, he gets a slap on the back of the head from teammates.Schuster slapped Matterson harder than he liked at training… and it was on!

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