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Steven Pressley furious at suggestion Coventry City are trying to sell Leon Clarke15 Aug 2013 13:48Sky Blues boss 'disgusted' at Scunthorpe manager Brian Laws' comments on his club's website
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Coventry City boss Steven Pressley is furious with Scunthorpe counterpart Brian Laws for suggesting that the Sky Blues are trying to sell star striker Leon Clarke.
Laws was quoted on Scunthorpe’s website this morning saying: “He’s available because of Coventry’s current financial situation, but he’s also on a very high wage as well which we wouldn’t be prepared to pay.
“Realistically we wouldn’t have any hope of signing Leon, not at this stage. He’ll have a lot of clubs chasing after him that will be prepared to pay.”
But Pressley insisted: “That’s absolute nonsense - nothing could be further from the truth and for them to be talking that way about a player contracted to another club is inexcusable.”
“That type of speculation infuriates me because it can destabilise a player and we’ve contacted Scunthorpe to say how disgusted we are with their behaviour.”
Meanwhile City are sweating on the fitness of goalkeeper Joe Murphy as they prepare for Saturday’s trip to Carlisle United.
The Irishman picked up a foot injury during last week’s League Cup win and had to pass a late fitness test before Sunday’s 5-4 win against Bristol City at Sixfields.
He has again missed training this week but manager Steven Pressley is hopeful that he will again declare himself fit.
If not, understudy Lee Burge is on standby to make his first senior start
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Coventry City boss Steven Pressley is furious with Scunthorpe counterpart Brian Laws for suggesting that the Sky Blues are trying to sell star striker Leon Clarke.
Laws was quoted on Scunthorpe’s website this morning saying: “He’s available because of Coventry’s current financial situation, but he’s also on a very high wage as well which we wouldn’t be prepared to pay.
“Realistically we wouldn’t have any hope of signing Leon, not at this stage. He’ll have a lot of clubs chasing after him that will be prepared to pay.”
But Pressley insisted: “That’s absolute nonsense - nothing could be further from the truth and for them to be talking that way about a player contracted to another club is inexcusable.”
“That type of speculation infuriates me because it can destabilise a player and we’ve contacted Scunthorpe to say how disgusted we are with their behaviour.”
Meanwhile City are sweating on the fitness of goalkeeper Joe Murphy as they prepare for Saturday’s trip to Carlisle United.
The Irishman picked up a foot injury during last week’s League Cup win and had to pass a late fitness test before Sunday’s 5-4 win against Bristol City at Sixfields.
He has again missed training this week but manager Steven Pressley is hopeful that he will again declare himself fit.
If not, understudy Lee Burge is on standby to make his first senior start