South Sydney coach Anthony Seibold has returned to work at the NRL club only to face questions about how long he’ll be staying.

Seibold arrived at Rabbitohs HQ flanked by support staff for the first official day of the club’s NRL pre-season on Wednesday.

But there is speculation that he could be on his way to Brisbane to link with the Broncos within days, swapping jobs with Wayne Bennett a year earlier then they are currently contracted to do.

South Sydney head of football Shane Richardson is set to return from the UK on Thursday.

Richardson flew over last week and is believed to have met Bennett, who is coaching England in their series against New Zealand, to discuss a possible move for the 2019 season.

But Seibold vowed it was business as usual, saying to his knowledge he would be the Rabbitohs coach next year and insisting there was no ill feeling over his decision to sign with Brisbane from 2020.

“Just because I gave the club an answer that they’re unhappy with doesn’t mean that I’m dishonourable,” Seibold told reporters on Wednesday.

“Until my contract is finished here, I’ll coach my backside off. I think I’ve showed that over the last two years.

“Shane Richardson arrives back from the UK tomorrow, to my understanding, so I’ll catch up with Richo.

“If they are negotiating with Wayne to come here now, it’s news to me.

“I’ve planned a really detailed program for pre-season,” Seibold said.

“Until I’m told otherwise, I’m working really hard and I’m going to coach the Bunnies as hard as I can.”

While Seibold and his coaching staff went back to work on Wednesday, the Rabbitohs players are not due back to training until next week.

Seibold rubbished suggestions the squad had turned on him after his decision to move to Red Hill, pointing to conversations and texts he’d shared with players over the last week.

“I had a really great evening at Damien Cook’s wedding on Friday night. I got some really lovely text and phone calls from the players over the last week,” Seibold said.

“They’re disappointed I’m going to move on in 2020 but they understand my reasons for wanting to go home. I have a great relationship with the players.

“One of the things I did (in the past year) was develop good relationships with the players.

“The players were coming off the back of not-such-a-great season. I did a lot of work in and around relationships.”