Zac Lomax set to join Parramatta Eels on four-year, $2.6 million deal
Dragons winger Zac Lomax is set to sign a multi-million dollar deal with the Parramatta Eels to join the club until 2028.
Lomax’s management and Parramatta officials are finalising the terms of the deal, which is expected to be worth $2.6 million over the four years of the contract.
Lomax will join the Eels as a centre, but also has the ability to play wing and fullback as he has previously for the Dragons. The deal could be formally announced as early as next week.
The deal is not scheduled to begin until 2025, but the Eels haven’t given up hope of luring Lomax to the club this season. That will require agreement with the Dragons, who are chasing a suitable player as compensation.
Lomax last week had dinner at the western Sydney home of Eels coach Brad Arthur and has been impressed with the vision the club has sold to him.
Lomax has been released from the final two years of his contract with the Dragons, believed to be worth $850,000 in 2025 and $875,000 in 2026.
The Eels have been in discussions with the NRL about the salary cap ramifications with the club hellbent on not having Lomax go in the cap for any more than $650,000 a season.
Arthur told the Herald he had been impressed with the 24-year-old.
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