Pieter-Steph du Toit to Montpellier?

Silly season has become even sillier with South African players granted a 21-day window that was agreed upon by the SA Rugby Industry, MyPlayers and the South African Rugby Employers' Organisation (SAREO) in which all professional players have three weeks - until 14 May - to get out of their current contracts with their respective unions and sign on the dotted line with those big-spending UK, France and Japanese clubs in particular.

Reports on Sunday stated that du Toit was offered a mega-money deal by Montpellier that would make him the highest-paid player in Rugby but Montpellier moved to deny the links later in the day with a statement denying that ‘any contractual offer has been made to Pieter-Steph du Toit.’ The statement added that the speculations ‘only aim to harm the interests of the club, which is currently engaged in the safeguard of its structure.”

The French club had reportedly offered Du Toit a three-year deal worth a staggering €100 000 per month. That equates to €3.6 million. Rapport journalist Brenden Nel said that the numbers had been independently verified with 5 of his sources.

Stormers coach John Dobson had a telephonic conversation with Du Toit and his family on Saturday night and confirmed to Sport24 that no formal offer has been received yet.

Dobson says there's an agreement with the player and his agent, Gerrie Swart, that any offer will be brought to the attention of the franchise. 

"I'm not saying it won't come, but as of right now there has been no offer that we are aware of," Dobson said. 

"We have a very good relationship with Pieter-Steph and Gerrie, and we have an understanding that they would inform us whenever an offer did come in."

Story via: Sport 24 and The Rapport compiled by Ultimate Rugby