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Kevin Nolan: 'Players backed out of Notts County move due to inability to guarantee first-team football'

By Joe Jones

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Kevin Nolan has revealed that several prospective signings backed out of a move to Notts County as he would not guarantee them first-team football.

The Magpies strengthened their squad throughout the summer but did not make any further additions on deadline day.

A number of players, such as Sheffield Wednesday's George Hirst and Nottingham Forest's Tyler Walker, plus an Everton academy forward, were all linked to the club, but no moves materialised.

On the subject of his goal-getters, Nolan told the Nottingham Post: “I have goals all over the pitch. It’s great because on the bench I know I can bring quality on as well.

“I’ve got Lewis Alessandra, Jon Stead, Jorge Grant, Jonathan Forte, Shola Ameobi, Richard Duffy and Shaun Brisley – they’ve all got goals in them.

“We have them all over the team and that’s why I was happy with our business and how early we did it.

“But like I said if that special one had come up, and it wasn’t for the want of trying, but we were either priced out of a move, or players didn’t think they could dislodge who we already had up front.

“They didn’t want to fight for their position and wanted guarantees they would play first-team football but I don’t offer guarantees to anyone even my players about playing week in or week out.”

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    To play the devil's advocate, it's perfectly understandable that loanees want assurances that they will be in the first team picture. The whole point of a loan move is to get matches under their belts. If they're just going to be unused subs they might as well have stayed put.

    That said, it's good that we've got players who believe in their own ability to claim a first team place rather than wanting their agents to arrange one for them.

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