Odejayi to make a decision over the weekend and held talks yesterday

DECISION TIME IS LOOMING FOR KAY


09:00 - 22 May 2007

Kayode Odejayi is set to make a decision on his Cheltenham Town future early next week.The 25-year-old striker and his agent Darren Long held talks with Coca-Cola Championship club Barnsley's manager Simon Davey yesterday.

The South Yorkshire club have made a six-figure bid, believed to be in excess of £200,000, for the lightning-quick Odejayi, who has top scored for the Robins in the last two seasons.

After the meeting, Odejayi said he will discuss matters with Robins boss John Ward on Friday and will make a decision over the weekend.

Odejayi admitted that he was flattered and surprised by the interest shown in him, but said it would be a wrench for him to leave Cheltenham after two highly successful years.

"It's all come out of the blue and it's still in the early stages," he said.

"If you ask anyone in football they will tell you they want to play at the highest level possible.

"But it's been a great couple of years at Cheltenham, I am happy and I am enjoying my football."

Odejayi said that he feels settled in Cheltenham after relocating from Bristol.

"I am living with my girlfriend and I am very settled, so I will wait and see, weigh up my options and see what's best for my career," he said.

"The manager (John Ward) is aware I have spoken to another club, but I am still a Cheltenham player, who is looking forward to next season and that's the way it is at the moment."

Barnsley signed midfielder Grant McCann for a six-figure sum from Cheltenham during the January transfer window after an initial loan spell and they are ready to raid Whaddon Road once again.

Davey is searching for a forward due to the impending departure of leading marksman Daniel Nardiello, who is out of contract at Oakwell.

Another Tykes striker Paul Hayes, 23, has been made available for transfer and has been linked with a move to Southend United.

Odejayi was signed by former manager Bobby Gould for a tribunal-set fee of £5,000 from Forest Green Rovers in 2003.

Rovers would net 25% of any transfer fee recouped by Cheltenham for Odejayi.

Odejayi could complete a trio of former Cheltenham stars at Barnsley if he makes the move north.

Former Balcarras School pupil Martin Devaney has spent the past two seasons at Oakwell after signing from Watford, where he spent a brief period after leaving Cheltenham at the end of the 2004-05 campaign.

Barnsley are the only club to have made an approach for Odejayi so far.

 

wheres that sourced from. looking at the vids on you tube yesterday he doesn't look bad, but the championship???

 

'Hayes made available for transfer' ?

Fcking morons at BFC.

 

RE: 'Hayes made available for transfer' ?

Why are they morons? sorry just wanted you to clear that up

 

It's hardly a surprise. Only offered him a contract to try

to get a few quid out of Sarfend.

 

"Due to impending departure of Daniel Nardiello " - why is he deffo going ?

 

Someone posted he was having his leaving do after the

WBA game. So, reading between the line of that,it would seem so.

 

Deja vue

Constantine revisited. agent playing for time in hope another club comes in. as much as people gripe about why we dont sign this or that player, Im starting to think that its the place itself thats hard to sell. The reality is Barnsley as a town doesnt hold much appeal. After walking round the town centre at lunch for the past few weeks, its like being in a third world country. Charity shops, travel agents and pubs, thats yer lot. Cant see many WAGS shopping at TK Maxx.

witbenefitsdependancycultureart.

 

Nah, it was Ritchie who didn't want to sign anyone.

Another S.M. U-turn in the offing? </p>

It's Deja Vu by the way. These 2 letter words take some spelling don't they! (clown) </p>

 

RE: 'Hayes made available for transfer' ?

For getting rid of Hayes. Yes, that's how unfairly I judge them.

 

Council Policy

fill tarn centre with cheap chav bars, chargeshoppers the earth to park, make road access as daft as possible, then wonder why no-one wants to shop there.

 

How many edits did that take?

http://www.samaritans.org.uk/talk/phoneus.shtm

just that.

 

I like things to be neat and logical.

I don't just make up any old crap when it suitslike some people I happen to be replying to. (clown)

 

The General Post Office

double take with Armley prison visitors centre. no WAGS but plenty of WOCMs

 

RE: The General Post Office

Think owt'll change when they knock **** out of the centre yet again ? </p>

Aspirations of Barnsley folk need lifting.</p>

 

RE: The General Post Office

It will just give em summat else to moan about. This new fangled modern architecture. ****. Give me a big concrete metropolitan centre any day of the week. Where else will the chavs be able to spit at people from?

 

Sorry to correct your correction, but . . .

. . . I think you'll find it's actually déjà vu. Clearly the four letter words can also be somewhat problematic.

 

I know, just couldn't be bothered to look up the keys for

theaccents. You obviously took the trouble, maybe it's you that needs S.M.'s link!

 

Quite possibly

Although I have had a bit of practice with the accents lately. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

 

RE: 'Hayes made available for transfer' ?

Hayes is turd and a posing waster thats why their getting rid of him, just leave it /poo