if saints couldn`t afford to keep cootes,how come rovers can afford him.?

Who cares?

Salary cap. They can’t pay everyone top money
Coote Hall Skd all good experienced players. One thing for for sure kr will have probably the oldest and slowest backline in sl next season.

That's the nature of the salary cap and with successful clubs, they will have to upgrade the likes of Makinson, Welsby and Walmsley, which means cut backs on other players. They have probably offered Coote a reduced one year deal, while Rovers with some cash to spare can offer a better and longer deal.

Decent signing for Rovers, better than Quinlan, but older and more expensive, be interesting how he gets on as he wont be playing with the likes of Lomax and Walmsley.

Also Saints and Wigan are losing some real quality and might give others a chance to catch up.

Perhaps the RFL have allowed them to splash the cap savings from the last 5 years on a marquee player