PAUL Johnson believes one of the greatest moments of his career could be ahead of him after signing for Warrington Wolves.
Johnson's future has been the subject of speculation for months but it has now been officially confirmed that he will join Wolves next season on a three-year contract.
That means leaving Bradford after a three-year spell that has already brought one Grand Final triumph and two World Club Challenge wins, but the 27-year-old reckons winning a trophy with Wolves would be even more special than the honours he has already won.
"Every year I've played in the play-offs and for the last five or six years I've played in the Grand Finals, so I want that to carry on," said the Great Britain international, who has also won the Super League title with his hometown club Wigan.
"Warrington are a club that haven't won anything for a number of years and the way the competition is going it is getting closer and closer.
"Hull won the Challenge Cup last year and Huddersfield were in the final this year, so it's getting on a more even keel.
"For a club like Warrington to win something, it is just going to be fantastic.
"Bradford haven't dominated the competition but have always been there or thereabouts, so it becomes a guaranteed thing.
"But for a club that has not won anything for a while, it would be a mega achievement.
"And with the players Warrington have signed like Adrian Morley and the players signed last year, I think they've got a really good squad."
Bradford had expressed an interest in keeping Johnson, who can play as a second rower, centre or winger, while Brian Noble made a bid to take him back to Wigan earlier this year.
But Johnson, who has 12 caps for Great Britain and scored a hat-trick against New Zealand last October, was never in any doubt where his future lay.
"Warrington was my choice as soon as they were interested," he said.
"I wanted to come to Warrington, especially with what they are making of the club now that they have moved from Wilderspool.
"They are definitely now a top six club, which is where they should be.
"I'm very pleased about coming to Warrington and I'm looking forward to the new challenge."
Johnson, who could soon return to the Bradford team after a long lay-off with an elbow injury, has scored 19 tries in 56 appearances for the Odsal club but is the sixth player to leave and join Wolves in the past two years.
He follows in the footsteps of Logan Swann, Toa Kohe-Love, Chris Bridge, Stuart Reardon and Rob Parker, and said: "I don't know why so many have left Bradford to go to Warrington but they probably see the same thing that I do, that the club's on the up.
"Bradford do have a lot of good kids coming through so they can't hold on to everyone. But it's Warrington's gain to get those players."
Johnson says he does not have a preferred position and is confident he can perform equally wherever he is asked to play.
Paul Cullen said his exact role in the team is as yet to be decided' but, after previously signing Adrian Morley for 2007, he is pleased that he has managed to capture another of the players he had earmarked from day one of his planning for next year.
"When we were aware that he was available he was a player that ticked every box for everyone within our decision-making process," said Cullen.
"He's great on and off the field, he's a fantastic trainer and he's dynamic, whether that be in the three-quarters or the back row.
"On his day he is a first class international player."
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