TODD Carney is suing Cronulla for close to $3 million with the superstar half claiming he was unfairly dismissed by the club last year.

The 29-year-old was banished from the NRL following an off-field incident which resulted in the Sharks tearing up his contract.

Carney, however, was sacked without a hearing after a lewd photo emerged online.

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Carney met with his lawyer Julieanne Levick and the Rugby League Players’ Association on Monday and hopes his push for unfair dismissal will help prevent other players facing a similar fate in the future.

“I feel I was harshly done by, some people don’t,” Carney told Nine News.

“I want it to be cleaned up because one day, if it happens to a player again the club might think back to what’s happened to me.

“It might help another player.”

Former NRL player Todd Carney arrives back in Sydney. Source: News Corp Australia

Carney was sacked by his third club in June 2014 after controversial departures from Canberra and the Sydney Roosters.

Carney said he had to learn of his dismissal through teammate Wade Graham.

The Goulburn product said Graham received a text from the club’s media manager informing them the players of the club’s decision to sack Carney before the halfback had learned the news himself.

The decision was made after Carney was photographed making a crude gesture at a urinal at a popular Cronulla nightspot last year.

Todd Carney playing for Catalans. Source: Getty Images

“I’ve got pretty thick skin so it still probably haunts me today a little bit,” he said.

“I do get anxious and paranoid when I do go into public places.”

While Carney recently committed to Super League club Catalans for a further three-years, the Dally M winner has not given up on one day returning to the NRL.

“I get goose bumps and I watch all the football,” he said.

“The grand final the other day — when you watch that it gets the dream back.”