Phil Gould

Just all this rubbish that's in the papers.

We would like to resign you.

We'd like you to stay with the Bulldogs.

He said, I want to stay with the Bulldogs.

I said, good.

That's a really good place to start.

All right.

So over the next 18 months, we've got to work out what we pay Matt Burton and where he's going to play.

Is he likely to go past November 1 or would you look to secure him prior to that?

I'm not worried about November 1.

I told his manager I'm not worried about it.

I trust his manager and I trust Matt.

I've known Matt Burton since he was a teenager.

Matt Burton's not going to run out in the middle of the night and sign somewhere else without telling me.

But he's going to have the availability to in November.

Matt Burton will get a contract anywhere tomorrow.

Yeah, absolutely.

And that's my intention.

But Matt Burton's got to tell me where he wants to play and then in that position, whether or not he's contributing to the success of the team.

Is the natural progression for him to be a centre?