Former Wests Tigers team-mate Benji Marshall has revealed on Fox Sports’ NRL 360 that the real reason for Robbie Farah’s impending departure has nothing to do with the salary cap.

“He’s a very bad loser and a very emotional person when it comes to defeat,” Marshall said.

“After games I think he lets it get the better of him sometimes.

“They talk about salary cap being the reason why but in my opinion it’s got nothing to do with it.

“It’s more about the personal battle between him and JT.”

Marshall also spoke about taking pay cuts along with Farah in 2012 to keep the club under the cap.

“In 2012 I think I took an $80,000 pay cut and Robbie took a $200,000 pay cut for two years in a row.

“When I agreed to a five-year deal after that year, that was going to be back-ended and added onto my contract. The same thing happened with Robbie.

“Everyone looks at (Farah’s) price tag and sees $950,000 and says `well he’s not worth 950′. Well it’s really 750 and the 200 he took off three or four years ago to keep the club afloat.

“That’s how much the club means to the bloke and that’s how much it meant to me. We were willing to give up our money to keep the club under the cap.”