Green is too good for Chester
Rumours that Ryan Green is to leave Edgar Street to go to Chester in exchange for two Chester players and 10k are, hopefully, incorrect. Graham Turner is reported to still be away from the office (which is probably why both Joan Fennessy and Richard O'Kelly has given interviews in the last week to the press) and, as one supporter who is very close to the club suggested, the timing is amazing.
Green was signed last August on a two year deal and at the time HU-FC.co.uk reported that for once the location of Edgar Street had helped in the signing of a player.
"Often thought by some as 'in the sticks', Hereford is within easy reach of the home of new full-back Ryan Green, who has Welsh international honours and lives in the capital," the site reported.
Graham Turner said at the time: "He has moved back down to Cardiff and he asked his agent to phone to see if we would be interested and that's how it came about. It's only an hour into Cardiff so he commutes quite comfortably and he wants to settle. I think it has worked to our advantage, the fact that he has thought about us and wants to come and play for us."
On the Official Hereford United site yesterday Turner admitted:"If the player performs well for us we benefit and may find ourselves back in the Football League which is what we all want, but if that doesn't happen, by doing well here interest will come in from other clubs. In the main our reputation and ability to re-launch players careers works out well for us and that is why we took the decision to go down the road of focussing on mainly young players who feel they have something to prove."
Exactly what Ryan Green was when signed, a young player who needed his career to be relaunched.
Whilst Green could play at a higher level and may well move on from Edgar Street at some stage, it seems less likely that Turner would want to bring in two players from Chester. Surely if Green bides his time and his performances on the field continue to improve, he may even have the chance to follow Paul Parry to Cardiff commanding a reasonable fee for the Bulls in the process.