<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="629" border="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><div class="mxb"><div class="sh"> </div></div></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="416"><font size="2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="203" align="right" border="0"><tbody><tr><td><div> <div class="cap">Conlon played 125 times for Darlington between 2001 and 2004</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>Darlington manager David Hodgson has rejected claims he is trying to bring Barnsley striker Barry Conlon back to the north-east club. Conlon, 27, was loaned to Rotherham by the Tykes in October, but has not played first-team football since then. </p> "Big Baz is contracted to Barnsley, and I have not spoken to him at all," Hodgson told Darlington's website. </p> "I don't know if he is out of contract, and I don't know if he has recovered from his knee injury." </p> Conlon scored 42 league and cup goals in 125 appearances for Darlington between 2001 and 2004, before joining Barnsley on a free transfer. </p> http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/darlington/4926042.stm</p></font></td></tr></tbody></table>
Well, as Bazza's contract runs out this summer, he would be allowed to talk to any club January onwards, so I don't know why Hodgson has to be so coy about it all. He'll not get £1200 a week though up there, so he'll have to drop his demands.....