If he goes ill be disappointed with Clifford, I understand the arguments for him going, but he signed a 2 year deal, feels to me like he was never going to honour it. Lam, Croft, French have all been courted by the NRL and have stayed at their clubs more than a year.
As a club I wouldn't be signing any NRL that have a clause that doesn't offers compensation.
One positive is time, still chance to get a replacement.