Greg Inglis says Warrington forward Jason Clark helped play a role in convincing him to move to the UK and join the club.

It was announced on Tuesday evening that the former Australia international will come out of retirement and join the Wire in 2021.

The move sets up the prospect of G.I linking up with his best mate Clark who were team-mates together at South Sydney Rabbitohs for eight seasons and Inglis says a phone conversation got the ball rolling.

“I got a phone call from my best mate Jason Clark who’s over there with you guys already,” Inglis explained.

“We were just having a general chit chat when we spoke about the idea.

“I think anyone that knows Jason knows what he’s about – what you see is what you get. He’s pure class, he doesn’t expect anything in return, he does things out of the goodness of his heart. He doesn’t want any recognition for anything and since day one when I went to Souths we just hit it off and have been best mates since.

“I just had a chat with him and he was very honest which he always is about the club and the travel and how he’s gotten used to it.

“I speak very highly of Jason as I respect the man he is.”

How Clark convinced Inglis to join