The club has offered Lehman the same pay-deal as he had last year.
No contract has yet been signed - and, privately, there appears to be a sticking point.

Lehman told The Star recently he was not pursuing a pay rise at the club.

Yet there is clearly some hitch, as Steelers GM Mike O'Connor has given him a short deadline to agree what he described as "identical terms."

O'Connor said: "I have spoken with Jody on a few occasions and we would like him to return, we have offered him a contract and the terms to be good - they are the same as last season, which is all I have to offer.

"We hope to have a decision from him shortly. If we don't agree by Wednesday we will have to go out into the market place."

O'Connor added that Lehman was a "popular member of this team both in the dressing room and in the stands, he is a competitor and a winner."

But it is clear that Christian Bronsard still fancies a return to Sheffield Arena and is waiting in the wings.
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