Manly table new Cherry-Evans offer

Manly have made their play to retain Daly Cherry-Evans by finding the extra money needed to secure the gun halfback's services.

Manly officials met with Cherry-Evans manager, Gavin Orr and presented a new four-year deal that they hope will put to rest any need for the star to seek a release from his current contract.

The Manly board have spent the last week searching for thirdy-party deals to lift his wage and it is understood they have either found them or that his teammates have been asked to transfer their 2012 third-party deals to Cherry-Evans.

It now seems likely that Cherry-Evans will remain at Brookvale until the end of 2015 on a four-year package worth around $2 million.

"The club has seen me (yesterday) and put a new offer towards me and Daly," Orr told Radio 2UE's Sports Today program.

"We are going to go through that ... and see where that takes us. We should have something clearer today, hopefully.

"All reports out of today and talking to the club, it looks promising.

"We are not asking for what he could get on the open market.

"We are asking what's suitable for what he's doing right now at that particular club.

"He really wants to stay at Manly and we are working hard to make sure that happens."

Although Manly deny that Cherry-Evans ever asked for a release his manager was adamant it had happened because of prolonged contract negotiations that began last August.

"That probably came out of frustration because this contract negotiation has been going since August. I was originally in those contract negotiations with (former coach) Des (Hasler)," Orr said.

"After the grand final everything fell apart. Des left and went to Canterbury and the CEO (Perry) took over. There has been a long period of waiting and seeing what they're doing but that has also given the club an opportunity to try and sort out its cap issues."

"The pressure is there because this has been going on for six or seven months of negotiations and it's got to the stage where Daly really wants to find out if he's staying at the club or if we should be making arrangements for next year to find out which other clubs are looking for halfbacks."