Michael Maguire spoke out after Robbie Farah revealed he was ready to quit the Tigers

Wests Tigers and Kiwis coach Michael Maguire has moved to quickly to shoot down speculation Robbie Farah will retire and knows the club legend will play a huge role on the field in 2019.The Tigers also have the option to ask the NRL for their AU$639,000 (NZ$671,000) cap penalty to be spread over four years – the duration of Farah's planned ambassadorial role – which would still allow them to go to market for a couple of quality players next year.There is no chance any Tigers players will be shed if the current cap penalty remains. At the very least the club can promote two players from its lower
grades.Ironically, the Tigers are only capable of surviving the latest penalty because their cap is in such good shape with no heavily back-ended deals, which banned chief executive Justin Pascoe worked hard to clean up during the past three years. Farah was in good spirits as the club trained at Lidcombe Oval on Friday morning, despite expressing his disappointment at being dragged into the club's latest mess.A day earlier Farah was digesting the club's heavy reprimand for failing to disclose his ambassadorial role, and said: "I am at the point now where I'm thinking about walking away. I don't want to play."Maguire has always been a huge fan of the experienced No 9 and expects the Tigers' favourite son to play on."I've known Robbie for a long time, and the maturity and leadership he shows now will help take this club forward," Maguire said.