It is Folau’s latest bid to end a sporting exile sparked by his homophobic social media posts.
The former rugby union international told a press conference he planned to start playing next week for the Tigers, a club who controversial mining billionaire Clive Palmer is a patron of.
But his registration as a player has yet to be approved by the Queensland Rugby League.
And now Catalans football manager Alex Chan has responded, declaring Folau’s latest move was a “big shock”.