The Titans have drawn up a recruitment hitlist headed by halves Daly Cherry-Evans and Luke Keary in a A$3.9 million blueprint to rebuild the club as a premiership force.
The Gold Coast have more than $3m to spend under the salary cap and are keen to bring Maroons playmaker Cherry-Evans back to Queensland.
It is understood a Gold Coast representative contacted the managers of Cherry-Evans and Keary last week to register the club's interest. Other recruitment targets include Roosters prop Dylan Napa, who recently debuted for the Australian PM's XIII, as the Titans look to shed four years of mediocrity.
The club have yet to table formal offers for the trio, but will discuss three-year deals for Cherry-Evans and Keary worth $1.3m collectively per season. The Manly and Australian halfback will command at least $800,000 annually, while Keary will fetch around $500,000 after helping South Sydney to their first premiership in 43 years.
Cherry-Evans and Keary's current clubs have tabled fresh upgrades and it would take massive offers to convince either to walk away, but the Titans will enter the bidding war.
