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BBC News
31-07-2025
- Sport
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Cleverley frustrated at search for new striker
Plymouth Argyle head coach Tom Cleverley says he is frustrated that the club has been unable to bring in a new striker before the start of the new Pilgrims boss has made an experienced number nine his top priority over the summer after Ryan Hardie and Mustapha Bundu left the club. But as yet negotiations for a new striker have not yielded any success."It's very difficult to execute a big move, which it is for our club in getting that player in," Cleverley told BBC Radio Devon. "It's not as straightforward as just shaking hands and the deal is done."Cleverley said "the finer details" of a deal were coming together and he hoped it would be completed as soon as possible."I'm not one for talking about other clubs' players, but we've identified that person and he's a player I rate highly," he said."There's no point bringing in just a number or someone to keep the anxiety down that we're short in a position."It's got to be the right one, it's got to fit in with how I want to play and how I see the team being successful and that's maybe why it's taken a little bit longer." Argyle's hunt is more acute with Bim Pepple a doubt for Saturday's opening game of the season against Barnsley with a hamstring leaves Owen Aseni as the only recognised striker as Argyle return to league One after two seasons in the Championship. "I'm sure that deal will happen. It's one that we wished happened six weeks ago, but these things happen," added Cleverley."You always ask the question 'why does it take till deadline day to get a deal done?' but you see why when there's a lot of cat and mouse in the negotiations."He added: "It's the marquee position in a team and it's the part of a season where football fans want to be excited by people coming through the door."I absolutely understand their anxieties, their frustrations and hopefully we can mask over those on Saturday with a really top quality performance and scoring lots of goals."
Yahoo
21-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Argyle 'working hard' to bring in new striker
Plymouth Argyle head coach Tom Cleverley says the club is "working hard" to bring in an experienced centre forward. With Ryan Hardie and Mustapha Bundu having left the club over the summer, the Pilgrims' attacking options are limited. Argyle have signed youngsters Bim Pepple and Owen Aseni, while wide players Jamie Paterson and Xavier Amaechi have also joined the club in the current transfer window. "We all want those deals to be done as quick as possible," Cleverley told BBC Radio Devon. "Now it's important that you don't bring the wrong one in, just because he's there to do. "There's a premium price on League One strikers and people who can score goals at this level. "We're working really hard and I'm confident we'll see one come in in the next 10 days."
BBC News
21-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Argyle 'working hard' to bring in new striker
Plymouth Argyle head coach Tom Cleverley says the club is "working hard" to bring in an experienced centre Ryan Hardie and Mustapha Bundu having left the club over the summer, the Pilgrims' attacking options are limited. Argyle have signed youngsters Bim Pepple and Owen Aseni, while wide players Jamie Paterson and Xavier Amaechi have also joined the club in the current transfer window."We all want those deals to be done as quick as possible," Cleverley told BBC Radio Devon."Now it's important that you don't bring the wrong one in, just because he's there to do."There's a premium price on League One strikers and people who can score goals at this level."We're working really hard and I'm confident we'll see one come in in the next 10 days."
BBC News
16-04-2025
- BBC News
Devon sculptor delighted as stolen animal heads found
A sculptor says it is "unbelievable" several pieces of artwork which were stolen from a farm have been found in "fairly good nick". Brendan Rawlings created a set of wooden animal head sculptures for a walking trail on Darts Farm in Topsham, Devon, which were then removed from their plinths in July 2024.A search for the artworks - which had been displayed at Glastonbury Festival before being taken to the farm - had been Rawlings said he was delighted when he received a phone call on Tuesday saying four of the nine heads had been found in a bin in Exeter. Mr Rawlings told BBC Radio Devon a man who ran a residential housing complex had found them in black plastic bags stuffed into a waste disposal unit."I then got a call from a mate of mine who is a police officer who said 'we've got four of your sculptures here', so they have found four of them," Mr Rawlings said."Where they've been for a year, I don't know, but we've got four out of nine which is a start."He added the heads appeared to be in "fairly good nick" and was looking forward to their return.
BBC News
08-04-2025
- BBC News
First-time sailor from Devon says round-the-world trip 'profound'
A Devon woman with no previous sailing experience said the first part of a round-the-world journey has been "profound".Wedding celebrant Zena Birch, from Plymouth, started her circumnavigation in January after she was invited by a couple she had helped marry a decade Birch, who is one of six people on board the 52ft (16m) boat the Pure Joy!, told BBC Radio Devon she expected to be "more frightened" on the added that one highlight was sailing through a "massive arch rainbow" in French Polynesia where she "felt a bit like Moana". 'Very humbling' Despite her father being a captain in the Merchant Navy, Ms Birch had no sailing experience when she was invited to join the boat's crew by the couple David and Joy, who had been planning the trip after 10 years of the low starting point, she said she now felt like a very competent crew member - with a good understanding of marine terminology, mechanics and Birch started the journey in January in St Lucia during a "lightning storm", which she said was "hugely daunting" as it was "the thing you're most frightened of when you're on a boat".The Pure Joy! has since travelled more than 6,000 miles, visiting Colombia, the Panama Canal and the Galapagos Islands before arriving in French Polynesia, where she sailed through a "massive arch rainbow" on arrival."It kind of felt ludicrous and a bit like Moana," she said."I hate to say it's like paradise, because it feels so twee, but it really is extraordinary here."She said being part of "something so much bigger than you" was "very humbling, very profound – you end up having quite a lot of big thoughts."The boat will head towards Bora Bora next, Ms Birch said.
