Thursday Sep 29 2005 13:57
Accrington Stanley boss John Coleman has failed in his bid to sign Altrincham midfielder Ian Craney.
Craney moved to Moss Rose from Runcorn in September 2000 and has been a key player for manager Graham Heathcote who is unhappy with Stanley's offer.
"In my personal opinion, the offer is nowhere near what he is worth," he said.
"I was involved in the Danny Adams transfer to Macclesfield and the comparative valuations make Danny out to be a much better player than Ian."
Meanwhile, Accrington chairman Eric Whalley told the Conference club's official website: "We are disappointed that Altrincham haven't accepted what was a very reasonable offer for Ian, especially as the young lad was very keen to come and join us as a full-time professional footballer.
"Maybe they think that we have money to throw around. However I can assure everyone that this is not the case, in fact it wasn't our intention to spend any money at all on transfer fees."
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