Even after the move was confirmed yesterday there remained widespread confusion about how the deal works as Brisbane boss Bruno Cullen told reporters the club had not increased its offer of $400,000 plus a car.

The NRL has insisted from the outset that the full amount of Inglis's deal with the Storm - revealed during the salary cap investigation to be $660,000 a season although since revised down to $620,000 - must be included in the combined salary caps of Melbourne and any club he joined.

Yet new Melbourne chief executive Ron Gauci told a press conference that the difference between the two deals would have a ''minimal impact'' on the club's second-tier salary cap, meaning the amount the Storm are subsiding his transfer to Brisbane must be less than the NRL's minimum wage of $55,000.

As revealed in yesterday's Herald, Brisbane's deal with Inglis is valued about $580,000 a season for the next two years and includes several third-party deals, with the Storm paying the remaining $40,000. The Queensland Former Origin Greats [FOGs] deal, an indigenous ambassador's role worth between $20,000 and $30,000, was available to any NRL club that signed Inglis but until the Herald made inquiries three weeks ago there was a widespread belief that it was exclusive to the Broncos.

While the conspiracy theories surrounding Inglis's move remain just that, greater transparency from all parties over what has been a uniquely controversial and complicated move would have made sense to at least avoid any perception that the deal is anything but above board. Furthermore, the independent commission should make it one of its first items of business to simplify a salary cap system that has become too complicated and open to abuse.

Greg Inglis will be a Brisbane Bronco until 2012 thanks to a boost in third party deals, according to club CEO Bruno Cullen.

The test star was this afternoon released from the final two years of his Melbourne Storm contract and will be at red hill from th start of the 2011 NRL season.

Cullen said Inglis had agreed to terms but was yet to sign a contract.

"In the last five weeks a number of things have changed regarding th salary cap and additions to the salary cap and additions to third party agreements and the like," he said at Red Hill this afternoon.

"Our offer with regard to the salary cap and the cap limit has not changed.

"But as I said the scenery around the cap has changed dramatically in the last little while.

"Things changed in that other arena. People do make calls and say if he is coming, we've got work for him to do or whatever the case may be."

Cullen would not reveal details of the deal and said he was unaware if the Melbourne Storm would be paying Inglis.

"And I'm not interested in that either, that's their business," he said.

He said he while landing Inglis marked a "great day for the club", the signing would be tempered by the loss of Israel Folau to AFL next season.

"We had planned on Izzy [Folau] and Hodgo [Justin Hodges] being there, now we've got Greg [Inglis] and Hodgo.

Inglis will reassess his future at the Broncos for 2013 with an independent commission running the NRL and a bigger salary cap operating once a new TV rights deal is locked in.

Melbourne confirmed today that it would release Inglis and Brett White from the rest of their contracts after this season, as it submitted its playing roster for 2011.

At a meeting at the club's Carlton headquarters, Inglis and White addressed their teammates, confirming that they would both be leaving the club at the end of the season.

White is joining the Canberra Raiders on a three-year deal.

Storm chief executive Ron Gauci said the club now expected to comply with the salary cap next year.

"We have undergone a thorough and transparent process that was always designed to ensure that we meet our salary cap obligations for 2011," Gauci said.

"This process has considered all matters, including our commercial position, the players' needs and preferences, as well as our on-field team balance.

"As a result of that thorough and transparent process, we anticipate that we will receive NRL sign-off once the club's final salary cap audit is completed."

Gauci said there would be no further premature player departure announcements this season, indicating the club would retain Cameron Smith, Billy Slater and Cooper Cronk.

Storm coach Craig Bellamy paid tribute to the departing players.

"The legacy that all of our players who are leaving this club have made on the Melbourne Storm won't be lost on those still remaining any time soon," Bellamy said.

"We're sad to see them go and they're sad to be going."

It is believed Brisbane closed the Inglis deal yesterday after tapping into its $300,000 marquee player allowance to bump up its offer to Inglis by an additional $45,000.

The marquee player allowance lets clubs to top up deals to players.

It has been doubled from $150,000 to $300,000 next year and can be used on one player or up to 15 players on a club's list.

Melbourne's confidence about keeping Inglis soared over the weekend following talks with NRL salary cap auditor Ian Schubert when there was no directive they would have to disband their Fab Four of Inglis, Billy Slater, Cameron Smith and Cooper Cronk.

But their last-ditch bid to retain him by releasing a string of players was trumped by the Broncos' revised two-year package plus Inglis's desire to be with his fiancee Sally Robinson who has just started a new job in Brisbane.

The opportunity to share in Darren Lockyer's final NRL seasons also greatly appealed to Inglis.

Fellow suitors Gold Coast made a late offer which included a better second-year arrangement financially and South Sydney owner Russell Crowe also showed interest but Brisbane were always confident of securing Inglis.

They had been sitting back waiting for his manager Allan Gainey to make the final call, which he did yesterday.

Brisbane then played their final ace and the deal was done.

While they said publicly they would not budge on their final offer, they would have been mad to have missed out on a player of Inglis's talents for the sake of $50,000.

Inglis's move to the six-time premiers will further strain relations between the two power clubs of the past two decades, which hit rock bottom after the Broncos beat Melbourne in the 2006 grand final.

However, his signing will seriously ease coach Ivan Henjak's pain at losing giant young centre Folau to the AFL next season.

With Bulldogs representative prop Ben Hannant set to return to the Brisbane, the Broncos will be a real force next year and beyond with so many exciting young players on their roster.

The likes of fullback Josh Hoffman, winger Jharal Yow Yea, hooker Andrew McCullough, props Mitchell Dodds and Josh McGuire and utility players Alex Glenn, Ben Hunt and rookie-of-the-year favourite Matt Gillett all have bright futures and have all been signed to extended deals.

The addition of a world class player such as Inglis ensures Brisbane's backline retains its strike out wide with Hodges preparing to return from a snapped Achilles, which has kept him off the field this year.

with AAP