Joey's grim warning to Luai in $1m conundrum

Rugby league Immortal Andrew Johns has called on Jarome Luai to consider the situation Reed Mahoney is enduring as he weighs up his next contract.Mahoney signed for a bigger offer after leaving the Eels for Canterbury this season but has been part of a disappointing campaign.Luai's contract has been a point of discussion after he left his management, while the Panthers have also signed five-eighth Daine Laurie along with re-signing fullback Dylan Edwards on a three-year deal worth $2.4 million.Johns believes Luai may only be looking at $600,000-a-season if he stays with Penrith. "If you look at that signing, you've got Nathan (Cleary) and Dylan (in the spine), and you've got Mitch Kenny and Soni Luke who is there also as well," he said on Wide World of Sports' Immortal Behaviour."The big one to talk about is Jarome Luai, is Jarome staying? Because that money they paid for Dylan, Jarome's probably looking at $600k maybe for Penrith."Johns was then asked if he thought Luai would stay for that offer, and considered the situation the Bulldogs hooker is currently going through."Maybe go and ask Reed Mahoney ... it's going to be a big one for Jarome," he said."Jarome's got a young family so you can totally understand it but if Jarome goes on the open market he's getting a million dollars."Over five years you're talking near two million dollars (extra than the Panthers deal), you can't stay for that."That's going to be the big story moving forward but for Dylan, congratulations to Dylan, congratulations to the Panthers, well done."Despite coach Ivan Cleary previously expressing his confidence that Luai would stay at the club, one potential suitor could be the Bulldogs.Having only just signed Toby Sexton as halfback, the club will likely wait to see how he progresses in the role, while question marks remain over Matt Burton's position at five-eighth, according to Johns.