Raiders fullback Anthony Milford is confident of joining the Broncos next season despite Brisbane being caught up in alleged salary cap breaches.
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Milford will take on his future club at Canberra Stadium on the night of Monday, June 9, the first time the Queensland Origin hopeful will have faced the Broncos since confirming he would honour his two-year contract.
That contract will be scrutinised by the NRL following revelations the Broncos are claimed to have cheated the salary cap by $450,000 over the past three years.
The NRL will investigate whether funding from the Broncos Leagues Club was used to fund third-party agreements for Broncos players.
Milford declined to comment on the issue, but his manager Sam Ayoub said it should not affect Milford's future with the Broncos.
"The NRL look at almost every contract before they register it and there's no reason to suggest there's any issue with it whatsoever," Ayoub said.
"They (the Broncos) may have done that in the past, but Anthony Milford's not there until next year.
"I don't know how his name could be associated with any of it."
Milford has until round 13 to change his mind and renege on his deal with the Broncos to stay at the Raiders.
The NRL does not register contracts for the following season until round 13, which is next weekend.
However, Milford announced on May 12 he would follow through on his decision to join the Broncos for the 2015 and 2016 seasons.
The Raiders had made a massive offer to Milford - who will turn 20 on July 11 - to remain in Canberra, but he decided to put family first and return to Brisbane.
Since making the announcement, Milford is getting back to some of his best form for the Raiders.
He was the Raiders' most dangerous attacking weapon in Saturday night's 26-12 loss to the Sydney Roosters.
Milford is in the frame to make his State of Origin debut for Queensland in the second game at ANZ Stadium on June 18.
He is the most likely candidate for the bench utility role, but could be thrown in the halves to partner Johnathan Thurston, depending on the fitness of Daly Cherry-Evans.
The Raiders are understood to have room in the salary cap to accommodate Milford if his contract with the Broncos fell through, but it's unlikely he's in their plans after they signed Wests Tigers custodian James Tedesco to a three-year deal.
Tedesco is the first big signing for the Raiders after they missed out on Kiwi international Kevin Proctor, who re-signed with the Storm.
Bulldogs hooker Michael Ennis is set to join the Cronulla Sharks.
The Raiders were in talks with Ennis on a two-year deal, but the 30-year-old would not budge from a three-year contract.
Their focus has turned to Penrith winger Josh Mansour, who also is a client of Ayoub's.
"We've been having ongoing talks," Ayoub said.
"I can't say where it's at at the moment, but we're still talking.
"I'll be speaking to (Raiders chief executive) Don (Furner) and (Raiders coach) Ricky (Stuart) in the next few days and I'll be catching up with Josh tomorrow and we'll take it from there."
