The Cobblers have targeted promising Chesterfield striker Jamie Ward as a potential summer signing but the 22-year-old is being targeted by more of Town’s League One rivals.
Ward hit twelve goals for The Spireites last season as they finished in ninth place in League Two and has attracted the attention of Stuart Gray as he looks for players that can work in a number of positions. Ward can play up front or wide on the right hand side and is known as a player that likes to get in behind defences and could be a perfect foil for Adebayo Akinfenwa who signed a new deal with the Cobblers last week.
But Gray will be in competition with some of his League One rivals for next season as MK Dons, Scunthorpe United and Colchester United are all reported to be interested in Ward.
Ward’s current manager Lee Richardson has hit out at his agent, Gino Culbertson, for trying to make stories up to leak to the media but Culbertson has hit back at those claims. He said,
“Jamie has made no secret that he wants to play at the highest level. Lee Richardson should know better than to make the comments he did because we’ve never been anything other than professional.”
“I’m furious he’s come out with this stuff. The manager himself has told the player about clubs being interested in him. If I was to make up stories about clubs being after Jamie I would have said Manchester United or Chelsea were after him. Any leaks have come from the club, not from us.”
Swansea City and Stockport County are also believed to be interested in signing Ward.
Ward hit twelve goals for The Spireites last season as they finished in ninth place in League Two and has attracted the attention of Stuart Gray as he looks for players that can work in a number of positions. Ward can play up front or wide on the right hand side and is known as a player that likes to get in behind defences and could be a perfect foil for Adebayo Akinfenwa who signed a new deal with the Cobblers last week.
But Gray will be in competition with some of his League One rivals for next season as MK Dons, Scunthorpe United and Colchester United are all reported to be interested in Ward.
Ward’s current manager Lee Richardson has hit out at his agent, Gino Culbertson, for trying to make stories up to leak to the media but Culbertson has hit back at those claims. He said,
“Jamie has made no secret that he wants to play at the highest level. Lee Richardson should know better than to make the comments he did because we’ve never been anything other than professional.”
“I’m furious he’s come out with this stuff. The manager himself has told the player about clubs being interested in him. If I was to make up stories about clubs being after Jamie I would have said Manchester United or Chelsea were after him. Any leaks have come from the club, not from us.”
Swansea City and Stockport County are also believed to be interested in signing Ward.
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