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BBC Radio Nottingham reporting that he is set to join Scunthorpe on loan after all.
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Notts County owner and chairman Alan Hardy has revealed the Magpies launched a bid to sign Ryan Yates on a permanent deal but were turned down.
Speaking exclusively on Team Talk, Mr Hardy said the 20-year-old midfielder would not be sold to the Magpies by Nottingham Forest as they wanted to keep him and his heart lies in playing for the Reds.
This comes amid reports Ryan Yates will now join League One side Scunthorpe United on loan until the end of the season and will sign a new three-year deal at Nottingham Forest.
Mr Hardy said: “I made a bid which got turned down – they want to keep him and in fairness to Ryan Yates, he’s been at Forest since he was nine.
“His ambition is, I want to play alongside Joe Worrall against Arsenal in the FA Cup – that’s where Ryan Yates’ head is and we will try and help him on his journey.
“He’s on a journey to play for Forest because that’s where his heart really is.”
Mr Hardy also said Notts would be interested in preparing a bid for 23-year-old midfielder Jorge Grant who has scored 16 goals in 32 appearances for the Magpies this season.
He claimed he would need investment to take the club to the Championship.
Mr Hardy said: “Unless we get substantial investment, when you think how much Nigel Doughty and Fawaz Al-Hasawi put into Nottingham Forest, I haven’t got access to that sort of money.
“You look at the accounts for clubs like Burton Albion this year, they made a profit of £1.4 million.
“We’re starting to engage with the fans again and they’re starting to come back – that’s so important.
“But it’s not just hospitality and people coming through the turnstiles, you need to look at the whole thing across the business model so we restructured out shirt sponsorship for example so we had a different sponsor for every month.
“We have a problem with the FA at the moment because William Hill was our sponsor in the last round and technically we can’t have a new shirt sponsor.
“But it’s worth £40,000 to £50,000 for us and the FA are currently saying we’re not sure you can have a different sponsor but we can’t walk away from that.”
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You want him to play the highest level possible, he is too good for League Two - joining a club near the top of League One is a good move, if it's going to crack it at Forest he will need to be challenged.
I like Scunthorpe. I got a bit lost trying to find Glanford Park and stopped in a supermarket car park to ask someone the way and the chap said "You've stopped in the right place. This used to be the Old Showground, their last ground!"
When I eventually found the ground, I circled round looking for a way in, saw a young lady approaching and asked her for help. She not only got permission for me to go in, but gave me a conducted tour of the ground. Good feelings.
Good God Val, you can't even rock up to an away ground without it being absolute box office.......you probably fight Ninja's on your way to the bogs.
I did wonder if that shirt sponsorship malarky would come back to haunt them
Kevin Nolan is a tit.
I remember when we beat Newcastle at home 1-0 with a Dex goal. After the match he said we celebrated like we'd won the European Cup.
Like he'd f***ing know.
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