Tom won’t be liberated

TOM Liberatore has pledged his loyalty to the Bulldogs as his manager discusses a new deal with the club this week.

That meeting between his manager Tom Williams and new list manager Sam Power had been arranged before Liberatore tore his right ACL.

Williams yesterday said Liberatore had already stated he would not test his free agency rights with rival clubs.

Now it becomes a question of pricing his value given his excellent form is offset by him being dropped in the past two seasons. He had been set for a fantastic season but his impressive pre-season form was curtailed by the knee injury minutes into the pre-season.