Henry addressed the media Tuesday afternoon in the aftermath of a marathon four-hour meeting with the board to discuss, among other things, his public rift with Hayne.

The fullback told the Daily Telegraph he would leave the Gold Coast if the coach did not want him and said he had had not spoken to Henry in the week leading up to the Titans’ 42-16 loss to the Dragons on Saturday.

The pair fronted the board separately as they try to navigate their way forward following a disappointing season which will see the club miss the finals.

Those close to the club say Henry will be sacked as early as Friday.

Henry said he did not know if he will remain at the club.

“There’s speculation and we’ll find out in due course whether or not that’s true,” Henry said.

“It’s distracting to the players, to me, the coaching staff and everyone in the organisation.

… It’s upsetting, the board have got to do some due diligence, they obviously wanted to find out (why) we haven’t had a great season.

“They’re within their prerogative to ask some questions, they have done that and they’ll come to their decision.

“I’m contracted here next year. I’d like to stay here a long time. I think we’ve done some good things at a club that’s had a fair bit of turmoil in the last couple of years … certainly I would like to stay here.”

Hayne has renowned as a lazy trainer and has had several falling outs with previous coaches.

He went through five coaches during his time at the Eels.

“There’s no feud between us,” Henry said.

“It’s not like we don’t talk to each other. That is rubbish.

“We converse, we talk about game tactics, there’s always a bit of banter before the game.

“We’re both professional about that but we both want the team to go well and I need him to play well and I need every player to play well and that’s my job as a coach.

“We didn’t speak about him not being here in future, we spoke prior to (Saturday’s loss to the Dragons), we spoke in the team preview so that’s not quite right.

“There’s no feud between us and he’d admit that as well.”

Hayne is a divisive figure among the playing group and has been well below his best in 2017.

He certainly hasn’t shown the type of form to warrant his $1.2 million a year salary.

When asked if his fullback was a team player, Henry sat on the fence.    

“That’s a difficult one — he’s part of a team and he works hard,” Henry said.

“Certainly we know he can play some decent football but he hasn’t had the year he expected and we expected as well.

“He’s certainly not on his own in our roster. Some guys have been very consistent with their football but he hasn’t and he would admit to that as well.”

Asked the follow-up, do you want Hayne at the club in 2018, Henry offered: “That’s up to him. He’s contracted here as much as I’m contracted here, time will tell around that.

“He’s disappointed in not being able to string together quality performances … he’s a quality player and if he chooses to play here he’ll be part of my team.”