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BBC News
10 hours ago
- Sport
- BBC News
'Jog on, he ain't for sale'
Swindon Town manager Ian Holloway has robustly rebuffed any suggestion that striker Harry Smith will be have linked the 30-year-old with an offer from Danish club AC Horsens, but Holloway dismissed any notion that Smith would leave the County Ground."I've made it totally clear that Harry is not going anywhere," he told BBC Radio Wiltshire."I need these wonderful people in Denmark to understand that he's not for sale and he doesn't want to go to anyway. So it's dead in the water. It's not happening." Since joining Swindon in June 2024, Smith has scored a total of 16 league goals, and has helped his side to two wins from their opening three games of the new League Two on the opening day at Walsall was followed by victories at home to Cambridge United and at Oldham Athletic on said the offer tabled by Horsens for Smith "wouldn't keep us ticking over for more than two months".He added: "We've had a good chat about this, me and the chairman, and I thank him for saying no. I'm after promotion, that's what I want. "So all these other people, with the greatest respect to them, they haven't spoken to me, and I would tell them, 'Jog on, he ain't for sale.'"Whoever you are, I wish you all the very best, but you're not having my centre-forward. I don't care what you do, I don't care what you say."
The Herald Scotland
2 days ago
- Sport
- The Herald Scotland
Harry Smith has key role to play in Swindon's promotion push
Joe Quigley headed Oldham back into the game in the 34th minute but Swindon held out for their first away win of the campaign. Danish side AC Horsens have targeted Smith and have had two bids rebuffed by the Wiltshire club, but – after the game – Holloway was adamant the forward was central to his plans going forward. 'I've made it totally clear that Harry Smith is not going anywhere. I just need these people to understand that he's not for sale and he wouldn't want to go to you anyway,' said Holloway. 'It's dead in the water, it's not happening. How would I replace someone like him, who can drop back into the centre-half position, head it out and win us three points? 'I've had a good chat with the chairman (Clem Morfuni) about this and I thank him for saying no to selling Harry. The money they were offering wouldn't have kept us ticking over for more than two months. What good's that? 'I want promotion and then we might be able to give Harry a first division wage and then a Championship wage if he likes how I'm managing him and he believes in what I'm doing. 'So all these other people, with the greatest respect, can jog on, he's not for sale. 'The bid was an absolute joke for how good Harry Smith is and I believe he's getting better and better every day as a leader, a man, a dad and a husband. So why on earth would he want to leave now?' Latics chief Micky Mellon said a poor start to the game left his side with too much to do. 'We started the game really poorly, not doing what we needed to do, not doing the jobs that we need people to do,' he said. 'All the way through the team was way off what we need it to be. We gave ourselves a mountain to climb to get back into the game. We huffed and puffed and when moments came for us, we were lacking in quality. 'It was really disappointing. If you go off the cuff and pull off magical stuff, it's great. But if you're poor off the cuff then it makes it doubly difficult. 'We need to draw a line under it and people need to learn that you can't play at any level like that.'
