The Tigers have tableda four-year,$4.5 million contract for Luai,as well as offering him the chance to be the club’s chief playmaker. Canterbury are also a potential suitor,after News Corp reported that general manager of football,Phil Gould,met with the NSW playmaker on Wednesday.

Gould has made no secret of his desire to lure Fonua-Blake and was photographed in a meeting with the Warriors prop and his manager last week.

The Tigers believe they have the salary cap space to accommodate Luai and Fonua-Blake without having to shift players,although contracted prop David Klemmer has been given permission to explore his options should a rival be interested.

Dragons coach Shane Flanagan has expressed interest in “AFB”,a pursuit backed by Red V front-rower Blake Lawrie.

“[After] the year that he’s had at the Warriors,he is a guaranteed top-three prop in the comp,if not number one,” Lawrie said last week.

“I don’t really want to comment too much because that’s Flanno’s[coach Shane Flanagan’s role] with recruitment,but to play alongside him it would make everyone’s job a lot easier because of the presence that he has and the sort of player he is.

“He’s a world-class player and he demands respect.”

There have also been attempts to broker a player swap between Tigers forward Shaun Blore and Melbourne centre Justin Olam,but the parties have been unable to come to terms.

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