“You want to own things in life,” Gwen Fifita said.
“You want to own them while you can. He wants to pay my mortgage off so he can worry about himself and know mum is fine.
“He wants to play comfortable footy at a good club. The Broncos have been good to him but they … haven’t won for six games in a row.
“He got offered this money from the South Sydney Rabbitohs but the timing wasn’t right. That offer came too quick.
“Something like this has come up again. It can make or break somebody. It can make or break a club too.
“It has been very hard. I have been very emotional. It has hit me hard this morning. I see the frustration in his face.
“He wants to put this to bed but he just doesn’t know what to do. He can’t really talk to anyone from the club because obviously they want to keep him.
“He doesn’t trust many people either. He can’t really get any advice or support of other people, just his teammates.
“No one has told him what to do. They support him. At the end of the day he has to look after family. Family was there before footy came along.”
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