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Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Accy Get New Roberts Bid

Accrington have received a new bid from Yeovil for winger Gary Roberts.

Yeovil tabled the bid, believed to be £50,000, yesterday after seeing a £20,000 offer rejected as "derisory". Manager Russell Slade told the Western Daily Press: "We've made a final offer but we've not been given permission to talk to the player yet. We can only go so far and we think we've made a fair, sensible bid. Hopefully Accrington will regard it as a fair offer. If they don't then we'll move on to other targets."

But Accrington chairman Eric Whalley was critical of both Yeovil and Roberts, telling the BBC: "He is under contract, so Yeovil are out of order. This is down to money. Gary has decided he wants to move because of the offer Yeovil have made him. They are working through an agent.

"But I would prefer to make him sit on his backside for a year, because he has 12 months left on his contract."