No, don't believe him. He has no status to offer contracts with Stingrays. Gemmell, pretty slack to do it on a new member. If you were previous Pumas, go back to Pumas imo.
Yeah it says you were a wicket keeper so you have to stay the same, as you cant have 2 players in the database.
That player will just be attached to your name by an admin at some point but you should try find yourself a club but it would be as a WK not a batting allrounder.
Season 9 won't start for ages. Surprised that recruitment (as in, signing contracts and the like) aren't open yet though.