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Poyet looks elsewhere as Holroyd deal collapses

3:00pm Friday 29th January 2010 in


Albion's bid to sign Cambridge United striker Chris Holroyd has hit a brick wall.

The deal is unlikely to go through, according to the player’s agent.

The Seagulls have not been in direct contact with Holroyd since the weekend, when the fleet-footed former Chester forward failed to agree personal terms after the clubs had agreed a fee.

Cambridge manager Martin Ling revealed: “I have spoken to the agent and he said it doesn’t look like it is going to happen. I am sure Chris will say if he wants to speak to them again.”

Albion boss Gus Poyet is not optimistic about the move for Holroyd being completed but is still expecting some transfer activity in both directions before the window shuts at 5pm on Monday.

“There is probably frustration both ways,” he said. “The player looked excited last week. I don’t know what is going on now.

“There is still time but sometimes you have to accept that, just because you want someone, you might not get him.

“It’s a normal situation a few days before the transfer window closes. There will probably be a flurry of activity and things could happen at any time.

“It could be now or 4.30 in the afternoon on February 1st. It is quite strange, especially for the manager when you have got a game in the middle (home to Millwall) that is so important and when you want to concentrate on that. The telephone doesn’t stop ringing, so it is quite difficult.

“I wanted to do our business early. For different reasons it didn’t happen. We are getting close to the end and it’s not in our hands.

“It depends on the position at other clubs. Sometimes they want to wait, because they want to see all the options.

“I am sure in the next three or four days there are going to be players moving everywhere.”

Poyet believes he has enough quality to steer Albion out of relegation trouble after already adding Inigo Calderon, Marcos Painter and Seb Carole to the squad this month.

The Urguayan added: “The problem is the quantity of games and if you are lucky enough not to get any injuries.

“We want to move some players out as well but you have to make sure you have the right number and don’t go short. I hope something will happen.”

Comments(13)

Mark the cab says...
3:20pm Fri 29 Jan 10

http://www.cambridge
-united.co.uk/page/N
ewsDetail/0,,10423~1
948983,00.html

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MKWirral says...
3:29pm Fri 29 Jan 10

Mark the cab wrote:
http://www.cambridge -united.co.uk/page/N ewsDetail/0,,10423~1 948983,00.html
Coming soon?

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Mark the cab says...
3:31pm Fri 29 Jan 10

It says on the cambridge website we have signed him on loan for 2 days and we will sign him monday.so he's eligible for tomorrow

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MKWirral says...
3:38pm Fri 29 Jan 10

Mark the cab wrote:
It says on the cambridge website we have signed him on loan for 2 days and we will sign him monday.so he's eligible for tomorrow
Perhaps you had better look at your link again my friend ....

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AndyBHAFC says...
3:47pm Fri 29 Jan 10

What on earth is going on?

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Lawro woz God says...
3:57pm Fri 29 Jan 10

Nothing!!!

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Gentleman Jim says...
4:03pm Fri 29 Jan 10

A very disappointing lack of action during the open transfer period which could lead to us being in the relegation area for the rest of the season.

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Leeds Seagull says...
4:23pm Fri 29 Jan 10

I 1OO% faith in Gus and I have no doubt we will be mid table and safe. If you look at the table not only are we 6 points off a top 10 slot we also have games in hand

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lancingseagull says...
4:40pm Fri 29 Jan 10

Exactly. A lot of clubs outside the playoff positions aren't as safe as they think they are.

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South Stand Tranny says...
5:19pm Fri 29 Jan 10

What worries me is that by bringing in more players without shipping others out, the wage bill is mounting and in these time of financial hardship the club needs to be careful not to over extend it's self. I think that there is enough fire power at Poyet's disposal already to get B&HA out of the relegation zone but who am I to question the manager. If Holroyd does not wish to come to The Albion so be it. There are others who will

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WS says...
5:22pm Fri 29 Jan 10

What ever the short comings of particular players, collective we have more than enough in this squad to stay up. The problems have been tatical and Gus is making progress in that area.

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RyFish says...
8:22pm Fri 29 Jan 10

WS wrote:
What ever the short comings of particular players, collective we have more than enough in this squad to stay up. The problems have been tatical and Gus is making progress in that area.
And the bookies seem to agree: when I checked the odds the other day we were only 11th favourites to go down this season.

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ade1200 says...
9:04pm Fri 29 Jan 10

Gentleman Jim wrote:
A very disappointing lack of action during the open transfer period which could lead to us being in the relegation area for the rest of the season.
Disagree - the squad was always capable but they never did their best for us. Gus is steadily resolving that, but we do need to dump some of the useless ones...

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