Forest reject Morgan bid
January 21, 2012 13:59:02 UK
Nottingham Forest have rejected an offer from Leicester City for highly-rated defender Wes Morgan.
Nigel Pearson has had a bid for Wes Morgan rejected. Since making his debut in 2003, The 27-year-old former trainee has been a permanent fixture in the heart of Forest's defence and has clocked up over 400 appearances at the City Ground.
With Forest struggling in the Championship, Leicester, who still have high hopes of achieving promotion this season, are rumoured to have tempted Steve Cotterill with a bid of around £500,000 for Morgan which has subsequently been turned down.
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Speaking on the bid, Cotterill said he did not believe the offer was good enough.
"There has been a bid but whether we think the bid is sufficient and sell him or not is another issue," the former Portsmouth manager told the club's official website.
There has been a bid but whether we think the bid is sufficient and sell him or not is another issue.
Steve Cotterill
"What we can't have is another player walking out of the club for nothing and that could happen.
"It's not like we can afford to let a player go out of contract and not get any money for him now because the circumstances at the club are different.
"It's something the board are going to look at but I wouldn't see the bid that has been made at this moment being acceptable."
Leicester are rated as 1213.00 to achieve promotion to the Premier League this season, with current league leaders Southampton 1.083.
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