Doncaster Rovers manager Gary McSheffrey has opened up on why English born Ghanaian striker Omar Bogle left for Hartlepool in the just ended transfer window.
McSheffrey emphasized that he never wanted Bogle to leave the club but there was nothing he could do as the striker had made up his mind already.
“It was with reluctance,” McSheffrey told the Free Press.
“I like Omar, he’s a good kid.
“He was training with me with the U18s and I said to him at the time that he needed to be in a position where he would be fit enough to get a move in January.
“I didn’t know at the time that I was going to be sat here a few months later as manager.
The last thing he’d want is to be sat in the summer with a hundred more strikers who are available and there’s managers with lists of seven or eight to work through.
“He has got himself into a position with his fitness levels and we introduced him back into the squad. He played games, got a goal and was in a position where he was wanted again by a club.
“At his age, he was offered a two-and-a-half year contract and I said to him that he’s got to think of his future.
“If he had stayed here he would definitely have been used. He gave us a great option off the bench in the last few weeks, holding the ball up well.
“But you’ve got to look after the person in my opinion. For Omar’s stability and security, to be offered a two-and-a-half year contract after the season he’s had, for me I couldn’t let him turn that down.
“He might not have had that opportunity in the summer.” He added.
Bogle spent one year at Doncaster where he netted thrice in 28 games before moving to Hartlepool on a two-year deal.
