Iron ward off sales rumours
09 Apr 2008 - 15:57:20
Scunthorpe United boss Nigel Adkins says the club will not be forced to sell any of their star players, even if they are relegated from the Championship.
The likes of striker Martin Paterson and goalkeeper Joe Murphy have been linked with exits, but Adkins remains calm about that prospect.
He told the Evening Telegraph: "Financially we are in a position where we do not have to sell. Whoever leaves, it will be on the terms of this football club.
"We have young players who are learning and developing their trade. We have got to keep them hungry and we have got to keep this football club moving forward.
"We have got to use the whole experience of this season to strive to get out of the comfort zone of being in the lower echelons of football, to try and strive consistently to be in the Championship.
"It was always going to be difficult for us to bring players into this club of the quality that are already in this division. They are on ten times the finances of the players we have got.
"The top and bottom is that we cannot afford the wages for an average player in the Championship."
