Ballin 爆破s Manly 出口 報告（する）／憶測s
Manly warhorse Matt Ballin has slammed 報告（する）／憶測s he'll be the next 上級の player to be shown the door as the club continues to を取り引きする the fallout from the 出発 of Daly Cherry-Evans to the Gold Coast.
It was 報告（する）／憶測d over the 週末 that the Sea Eagles were 利益／興味d in chasing Brisbane hooker Andrew McCullough to 取って代わる 31-year-old Ballin, who is off 契約 at the end of the season.
On Monday, the former Queensland 明言する／公表する of Origin 代表者／国会議員 was 確信して those 報告（する）／憶測s are wide of the 示す and he won't be joining Cherry-Evans in 出口ing Brookvale at year's end.
"As far as I know, the story was a （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 up. I don't know who started it but I don't think it's a very reputable thing to do by the person responsible," Ballin said.
"I spoke to Joe Kelly not long after the story （機の）カム out and he 保証するd me that it wasn't 権利.
"It's sad to see these things come out. Fair enough, there's going to be talk about players 未来s but there's no 予定 diligence done, there's no 責任／義務 taken.
"Accountability should be taken by those people who 令状 those stories that aren't true so I just think it's ridiculous."
Ballin 辞退するd to 推測する on the source of the rumour.
"明白に something's going on behind the scenes and people have an 協議事項," he said.
"I don't know who it is and I can't say who it is because it wouldn't be responsible of me to say.
"But I think people that put things in papers should be accountable for what's in there and they should have a solid source."
A 退役軍人 of almost 200 first-grade games since making his debut in 2007, Ballin says he's getting closer to 署名／調印するing a new を取り引きする Manly that will likely 許す him to finish his career as a one-club player.
"I've been in 交渉s with Manly for やめる some time and it's going really 井戸／弁護士席," he said.
"These things take time but I'm really happy with the 進歩 that's been made and I think the club's happy, it's just 負かす／撃墜する to the 罰金 詳細（に述べる）s."
