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Aug 2023
Harrogate Town want £500,000 for Luke Armstrong, Carlisle manager claims
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:
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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:
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