Daly Cherry Evans’ manager assures Titans star half won’t backflip on Gold Coast deal

UPDATE: Titans boss Graham Annesley says he has been assured star half Daly Cherry-Evans has no intention of backing out of his Gold Coast deal.

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UPDATE: Titans boss Graham Annesley says he has been assured star half Daly Cherry-Evans has no intention of backing out of his Gold Coast deal.

Annesley spoke to Cherry-Evans’ manager Gavin Orr, who denied the Manly star was rethinking his four-year multimillion-dollar deal to join the Titans in 2016.

“At 7.30pm this evening — an hour and a half after the story broke — I’ve spoken to Gavin Orr who is Daly Cherry-Evans’ manager and he’s informed me he’d spoken to Daly Cherry-Evans and he assured me there’s nothing to the story,’’ Annesley said.

The Titans and fans were sent into a spin after reports on Channel 9 that Cherry-Evans was having second thoughts about heading to Queensland next season.

Under NRL rules, the star has until Round 13 to back out of the deal, which is not yet legally binding.

But in a fillip for the Titans, Annesley has been assured the Mackay product does not have cold feet.

EARLIER: MANLY star Daly Cherry-Evans is reportedly considering backing out of his four-year, multimillion-dollar deal to join the Gold Coast Titans next year.

But Titans boss Graham Annesley has denied the rumour.

Channel 9 tonight reported Cherry-Evans met with Manly boss Joe Kelly to discuss his change of heart and stay at the Sea Eagles.

Cherry-Evans has until Round 13 to backflip on his switch before any contract becomes legally binding.

Annesley was inundated with calls after the bulletin.

“To the best of my knowledge it’s completely untrue,’’ he said of the rumour.

The Titans boss was last night making inquiries to determine where the speculation was coming from.

The backflip would be a massive blow to the Titans, who trumpeted the signing of Cherry-Evans as a sign they were set to battle back from the brink of ruin.

The club entered voluntary administration earlier this year before being taken over by the NRL but the signing of Cherry-Evans was seen as a silver lining to the dark clouds that had been gathering.

The Titans were banking on Cherry-Evans to be the new face of the club and have since lost five-eighth Aidan Sezer to Canberra.

The bottom-placed Manly have already lost fellow half Kieran Foran, with the star five-eighth switching to Parramatta next year.

The Cherry-Evans news comes after Manly Immortal Bob Fulton announced he is returning to Brookvale after a 15-year absence.

Originally published as Daly Cherry Evans’ manager assures Titans star half won’t backflip on Gold Coast deal