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Clint Gutherson will give up playing fullback if it means rookie sensation Blaize Talagi remains at Parramatta under new coach Jason Ryles.

Parramatta captain Clint Gutherson is willing to sacrifice his place at fullback if it means incoming Eels coach Jason Ryles can hang on to teenage ace Blaize Talagi.

Ryles was named as Brad Arthur's long-term replacement on Monday, penning a four-year deal to coach the Eels from the start of next year.

The 45-year-old Ryles, currently an assistant to Craig Bellamy at the Melbourne Storm, faces a bevy of crucial contract calls in his first year as Eels coach.

Several of Parramatta's top earners, including Gutherson, 30-year-old prop Reagan Campbell-Gillard and five-eighth Dylan Brown, can speak to rival clubs come November 1.

But Talagi, who shunned the chance to take up an extension option with the Eels earlier this year, is the most pressing.

Viewed as a fullback - and a priority retention target for the Eels - Talagi has scored nine tries in 11 games in his debut NRL season.

He has primarily played on the wing and fullback, leaving Gutherson's grip on the No.1 jersey in doubt. 

"Everyone is on notice now, which is exciting as well, but we're going to have to sort of have a big change going into pre-season, and I'm sure a lot will change," Gutherson said. 

"I couldn't care less (where I play), I've said it my whole career. 

"I just love playing, whether it's off the bench, on the wing, anywhere. I just love playing footy, and from the get-go I've always said I'll move if the coach thinks it's right. 

"That's another thing for the new staff to come in and sort of make a decision on. 

"There's a lot of older boys there that might get a tap on the shoulder, might not, it's just the way it is, and you have to deal with it. 

"I'm no different to every other player here - if they want me to move position, I'm more than happy to." 

Gutherson said it was natural for Ryles to want to lead a shake-up of the Eels roster after the power game favoured by Arthur went out of fashion and the club's results went downhill.

"I think we do (need to modernise). We've missed the finals last year and we're sitting at the wrong end again this year," Gutherson said. 

"The results probably speak for themselves that we do need to change our style, because we haven't been playing finals footy.

"The game changes a lot, very quickly, year-to-year, and if you don't adjust and don't change it you get left behind, and that could be the reason for the last couple of years." 

Meanwhile, Campbell-Gillard said he would seek out Ryles to understand if his future lay at the club.

Both he and Junior Paulo are props who command large chunks of the Eels' salary cap, and the club's plight this year has highlighted the need for Parramatta to bolster their stocks in the outside backs. 

"I don't know what Jason wants," Campbell-Gillard said.

"I guess I'll have a conversation around that, whatever that is, and then we'll move forward from that."