Barnstorming backrower David Fifita has informed Gold Coast he will be leaving the club at season's end.
The Sydney Morning Herald reports Fifita informed the Titans on Thursday he will not take up an option for 2025.
It leaves the Panthers and the Roosters as frontrunners to nab the Origin star.
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Fifita flew south to Sydney earlier this week and met with both powerhouse clubs.
Penrith is believed to have tabled a three-year offer worth about $850,000 a season.
The Roosters have reportedly offered him four years, but for a lower annual salary.
Fifita could have earned about $1 million if he stayed on the glitter strip next year.
He burst onto the NRL scene with the Broncos in 2018 and was called into the Queensland Origin team the following year.
He jumped ship to the Titans in 2021 on a deal worth $1.25m a season – at that time the richest per-season deal ever signed in the game.
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But Gold Coast has struggled since he's been there, playing only one finals game.
It's understood the 24-year-old is now more motivated by the prospect of winning premierships than adding to his bank account.
The Titans have won only one of eight games this season and sit second last on the ladder.
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