Parramatta chief executive Bernie Gurr admits it's not ideal that Semi Radradra will face court on domestic violence charges weeks before the 2017 season starts.
Hours after surrendering his passport on Wednesday in a Sydney court, Radradra was on his way to a training camp on the NSW central coast.
The 24‑year‑old arrived back in Australia on Tuesday night to confusion about his future, after French rugby powerhouse Toulon claimed to have secured his signature for the 2017‑18 Top 14 season.
Toulon insisted Radradra's move was sealed after he signed a one‑year contract with an optional second season.
Gurr said Radradra's manager George Christodoulou had "definitively" denied the deal was done or even verbally committed to, saying Toulon had "jumped the gun" in declaring the signature.
But the Eels intend to hold their prized winger to his contract, which does not expire until the end of the 2017 season.
Radradra also faced arrest after his failure to appear at Parramatta Local Court on Monday to answer three charges of domestic violence brought by his former partner Perina Ting.
Radradra, who denies the allegations, had flown to Fiji to visit his sick father, angering the magistrate sufficiently to threaten him with an arrest warrant.
