Ebbsfleet manager Liam Daish's playing budget is still no clearer
by Matthew Panting
Ebbsfleet boss Liam Daish is
still waiting for an improved playing budget after Darius Charles
and Michael Gash's double transfer to York for £80,000 fell
through.
The move would have seen Daish’s
playing budget reach £6,250 a week but that figure now looks a long
way off after Charles pulled out of the move due to personal
reasons.
Gash, who has already been the
subject of an individual bid from York believed to be in the region
of £40,000, is likely to be the subject of another offer.
The collapse of the double transfer
follows the news that Setanta’s administration will cost the Fleet
at least £60,000 a year in broadcast fees that they will no longer
receive.
"It was down to the players," said
Daish. "Darius didn’t feel the move was for him and the whole deal
was a package.
"Things are at a delicate stage and
everything is on hold. They are our players and contracted to us,
it will stay that way until anything changes.
"Darius had to move away from
London and there’s a personal side to it.
"When I spoke to him when he was on
holiday, I told him that he had to do what was right for him and
after much deliberation he is not totally confident that it
was."
Charles was unsure about moving
away from London as his girlfriend is pregnant and it would appear
that York have already moved on to their next defensive target,
after signing Alan O’Hare from Mansfield hours after the Fleet
defender rejected the move.
Wednesday, July 01 2009