"The only big-name left for us to sign for the future is Viliame Kikau," he said.<\/p>\n
READ MORE:<\/strong> NRL launches investigation into polarising stoppage<\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Heroic win masks major concern for Panthers<\/a><\/p>\n "We're very confident that we will be able to come to an agreement with his management and have him on the roster for another three or four years as well.<\/p>\n "Every indication is that he'll be staying."<\/p>\n Kikau's future had been up the air with Penrith boasting one of the strongest rosters in the competition, and the 26-year-old likely to command massive money as one of the standout performers in his position.<\/p>\n Fletcher said there was a big chance that Kikau would take less money to remain at a successful club, with Penrith finishing second on the ladder and one game away from a second consecutive grand final appearance.<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Storm's mega boost as Panthers clash looms<\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Warriors ace struggling to fathom 'crazy' feat<\/a><\/p>\n "A lot of players like to take a little bit of a discount to play with a side that's going well, so I think he comes under that category," he said.<\/p>\n "He's been there ever since he was a young player and he has got a home out in Penrith, and he's very good friends with all the Polynesian boys."<\/p>\n Fletcher also said assistant coach Cameron Ciraldo, who remains one of the hottest head coaching candidates in the sport, would be sticking around.<\/p>\n "Cameron comes up every time there's a vacancy or there looks like being a vacancy … I feel very confident he'll stay next year.<\/p>\n "He's only a young man, I don't think he'll be rushing into a job that's got any risk with it. The future's in his hands, if he's patient he can stay and there might be a better job come up."<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Penrith have issued the strongest statement yet that gun backrower Viliame Kikau will remain at the club for the foreseeable future. Panthers CEO Brian Fletcher […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131606"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=131606"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131608,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131606\/revisions\/131608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=131606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=131606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=131606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Penrith](\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2021\/09\/381932\/pickerimage.jpg\")
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