All Blacks captain Kieran Read is reported to have offered a $ 2 million contract to a French club

A French rugby team reportedly offered All Blacks skipper Kieran Read a $ 2 million contract a year following the Rugby World Cup.

French publication Olympic Midday reports that Racing 92, the former team of Dan Carter, has offered Read a season contract of an amount of 1.2 million € (2 million NZD).

Lu said the herald earlier this month, he will put an end to his long and illustrious All Black career at the World Cup in Japan next year.

Read, who turned 33 last month, is almost certain to take a contract overseas. What he has not yet determined, is where he will go.

Read and his wife Bridget have three young children and they have always wanted to live an experience abroad together.

They want to have it before their children go too far in their schooling and 2020 is considered the perfect time.

At this point, Read will be 34 years old and will have finished his third World Cup – having been part of the winning teams in 2011 and 2015.

He will have played nearly 50 times as a captain, was named World Player of the Year 2013, won super rugby titles with the Crusaders and played in a British Lions series.

There will be more of a major goal to pursue and it is not realistic to imagine that it could continue until 2023.

It will be a good time to follow in the footsteps of Daniel Carter, Ma & Nonu and Conrad Smith, all of whom retired from the All Blacks after the last World Cup of the same age. Read will be next year and signed offshore contracts.

"Yes, yes," he told the Herald to find out if he had thought about what he would do next year's World Cup.

"So for me, I think it probably will not be in New Zealand." We have always thought as a family that we would like to go abroad and use that experience for kids. the main option at the moment. "

The prospect of retiring from all rugby matches has ventured into his radar but he says that it is not a preference.

If his body holds up – and he says he feels strong and relatively cool – he would rather try to win another one or two seasons and it will probably be somewhere in Europe.

"This [retirement] It's also an option, "said Read. There are many options but I probably want to keep playing if I can. It's the experience for kids that will be the main thing and it has to work for us as a family.

"I hope everything will be finished before the start of the season, because you can then give 100% because you know what you will do."

The confirmation that Read will surely withdraw from his role as captain of the All Blacks will inevitably intensify the planning of Sam Whitelock's career on his return to New Zealand after this tour.

Whitelock will have Read's preference to succeed as a long-term captain after replacing the captain in five tries since last November.

But Whitelock is also out of contract after the 2019 World Cup and, while considering renewing New Zealand's four-year commitment to the 2023 World Cup, he discusses the prospect of "winning the World Cup." a Sabbath in Japan as part of the negotiations.

This option may be hard for New Zealand Rugby to accept if Whitelock is the next captain of the All Blacks and if an agreement can be reached, he would take a no play break to start the process of preparing his successor.

The All Blacks have been successfully working on their captain succession plans since 2004, when Richie McCaw led the team against Wales before finally taking over from Tana Umaga in 2006.

The All Blacks' first captain in 2012, he made it eight more times before succeeding McCaw in 2016. An extended break for Whitelock would allow his potential successor to gain invaluable experience.

But Read and Whitelock are not the only All Blacks to consider a transfer to a foreign club.

Last month Olympic Midday reported that Ben Smith had signed a seven-month contract with Pau, which would begin after the World Cup.

Pau was also interested in the services of the All Blacks flanker, Ardie Savea, who has been linked for some time to a move abroad.

The French newspaper also reported that Toulon's big spenders were in talks with hurricanes Nehe Milner-Skudder and crusader center Ryan Crotty.

Last month, Beauden Barrett also spoke for the first time about a possible move to Japan after next year's World Cup, while Brodie Retallick also showed similar interest.