KANGAROOS coach Dean Laidley has signed for another two years but appeared far from impressed with the marathon negotiations.

Asked whether he had got the funding commitment for the football department he was looking for, Laidley curtly replied: "Yeah."

But he refused to elaborate on details of the commitment, believed to be an extra $500,000.

"I'm not going into specifics of contracts," Laidley told a news conference.

"It's never been about Dean Laidley, and wanting a big bag of money, it's been (about) pushing our football club forward and I think the players and our supporters would want us to do that."

The Kangaroos have the smallest football department in the league, and pay only 90 per cent of their salary cap. Along with the new coaching deal, the club's chief executive Rick Aylett committed the club to increasing its total player payments over the next few years.

"We're in the business of winning premierships and part of that is reinvesting into our business and that is our football department," he said.

The other major sticking point in negotiations was the length of Laidley's term. The 114-game coach was seeking a three-year extension, but had to be content with an extra two.

With Carlton trying to woo him as an assistant to coach Brett Ratten, and another interstate club interested in his services, Laidley said that as late as Monday he had doubts about whether he would stay with the Kangaroos.

"There was a job offer there (at Carlton)," he said. "But as I've always stated, I really wanted to coach this football club and this group of players and make sure that we get our future right."

Aylett was more confident a deal would be reached with the coach, who this year took the club to third position, its highest since 1999.

"I always thought it would get done," he said. "I believe he's done a terrific job with the resources at his disposal."

The body-language between the pair appeared awkward yesterday, with no public handshake to seal the deal, which comes after 14 weeks of negotiations.

The deal was in stark contrast to the previous coaching deal struck with former chief executive Geoff Walsh, which Laidley said was done over breakfast.

Earlier this week AFL chief executive and former Roos' player Andrew Demetriou spoke to Laidley in a bid to seal the deal.