by Esteban »
05 Jan 2016 19:43
The Prisoner Know one of his friends. He doesn't want to go. Happy here, but not been offered a new contract. This is the club shipping him out. Simples.
Wasn't going to bother posting this as it's so tenuous and I'm sceptical of it, but since we're talking about people who know him..
A mate of mine is close to one of Gareth McCleary's friends (I did say it was tenuous). The "information" he was given, is that Blackman wants a new contract that is more than double his current one, plus bonuses. Given his headline grabbing form this season and we know there are clubs in the Championship willing to pay big wages, you couldn't blame him for trying, if it's true. However, that's got to be more than we could stretch to.
I'll quailfy this by saying that the guy my mate knows is a current professional who played with McCleary at Forest. That doesn't make the rumour any more reliable, of course.