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Aug 2023
Harrogate Town want £500,000 for Luke Armstrong, Carlisle manager claims
Luke Armstrong in action for Harrogate Town in pre-season. Picture: Harrogate Town.
Harrogate Town have asked for £500,000 for star striker Luke Armstrong, an opposition manager has claimed.
Paul Simpson, manager at Carlisle United, said the Cumbrian side was told the Town forward would be “way out of our budget”.
In an interview with the club website, he also claimed Harrogate asked for bids in the region of half a million pounds for Armstrong.
Addressing rumours that Carlisle were interested in Tyrese John-Jules from Arsenal and Armstrong from Harrogate, Simpson said:
“The second one, we’ve been told that’s way out of our budget. I’m led to believe they’re talking close to half a million for him, and salary wise is way above.
“We like Luke Armstrong. I don’t think you’d need to be a genius to say that Luke Armstrong would be a good signing for Carlisle. But he’s way out of our budget.”
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Armstrong, who scored 16 goals for Harrogate last season, made himself unavailable for Town’s opening day EFL League Two trip to Doncaster.
At the time, Town manager Simon Weaver said the 27-year-old made the request amid “a number of transfer bids from other clubs”.
However, Armstrong has since been involved in Harrogate’s last three league games and started in the trips to Tranmere and Accrington Stanley.
Weaver said previously that Town would require a “significant fee” for Armstrong and a replacement player who is “not just a stocking filler” before he is sold.
He said:
“The offer is still on the table from us for him to sign a new deal, but our position is clear; we have informed him and his agent that two things have to happen before Luke is able to leave the club, we have to do what is best for our club and get a significant fee for him and secondly we need a replacement that is going to make the fans proud.”
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