Slade: I may have to sell before I can buy for Yeovil

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Sunday, December 28, 2008
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Yeovil Town boss Russell Slade saw his side claim a 1-1 draw at promotion-chasing Millwall and then admitted he may have to sell off one of his 'crown jewels'.

Slade is desperate to strengthen the size of his squad in the upcoming January transfer window but knows it could be at the expense of either Nathan Smith, Lee Peltier or Gary Roberts.

Slade said: "We might have to sell off one of them to bring in players. If we get the right offer we are going to have to consider it seriously.

"I know there has been interest but I haven't had a direct offer for Smith or Peltier or Roberts. But we know there have been bags of scouts watching."

Illness sidelined Roberts and Paul Warne and reduced Yeovil's squad size to almost the bare minimum, underlining Slade's problems.

The manager's top priority is to seal a permanent move for striker Luke Rodgers after the on-loan Port Vale striker's equaliser cancelled out Paul Robinson's third-minute goal for the Lions.

Slade rightly felt his side could have gone on to claim all three points and a famous away win.

"It was a cold day but the performance warmed me up," he said. "We have got good spirit in the camp and good energy and we became more of a threat as the game went on. With a bit more composure maybe we could have stuck one away."

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