Cobblers boss wanted winger to stay

Marshall was a hit during his three-month stay at Sixfields but joined League Two rivals Cheltenham less than a week after being recalled to the Britannia Stadium.Sampson said: "He went back to Stoke for a week and obviously they didn't fancy him and wanted to get him back out on loan again."That's the way it goes sometimes. We were close to doing a deal to keep Ben here, but they thought differently."He's gone to Cheltenham now and we'll be seeing him again soon because we play them in a few weeks, so we'll look forward to that and getting the upper hand on him."

Source: Team_Talk