Ex-Bull Garry Breen has not been offered a deal by Macclesfield, with Keith Alexander unable to offload any of his existing players, and is now on trial with Galway United.
Alexander told Sky Sports: "He has moved on now because although I wanted to bring another centre-back in, I wasn't able do to so, as I've already got four on the books. It was disappointing I couldn't add him to the squad though because he was a very good player."
Breen played, and scored, for Ian Foster's Galway United in a pre-season match against UCD yesterday. The Irish league season doesn't start until March. Breen has missed out in the annual FAI player awards. Having been nominated in the under 19 category, he missed out on the award to Norwich's Michael Spillane.