Crawley Town are poised to smash their club record transfer fee by signing striker Tony Battersby from Stevenage Borough as they bid to fire their way into the Conference.
The Reds, who went top of the premier division after a 3-1 win over Eastbourne Borough on Saturday, have agreed a fee in excess of £10,000 for the 28-year-old but the transfer is being held up by the former Lincoln City forward's wage demands.
Manager Francis Vines hopes to seal the deal which will more than double the previous record fee of £5,000.
Vines said: "The money he wants is way above what we are willing to pay so we will have to see whether we can meet each other in the middle."
Meanwhile, former Albion striker Carl Wilson-Denis today left Crawley and joined Cambridge City.
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