Peterborough United manager Darren Ferguson claims Bristol Rovers made a "mistake" in leaving it too late to sign Jonson Clarke-Harris and was left bewildered by delays as the striker's proposed club-record transfer to the Gas collapsed on deadline day. That would have smashed the Gas' record transfer fee when paying £370,000 to QPR for Andy Tillson in 1992. We did everything we could.”The two clubs are understood to have been in talks for a number of weeks with negotiations accelerating towards the end of the transfer window. Bristol Live understands that Rovers are yet to lodge such an appeal with the EFL and it remains unclear whether they intend to. Rovers boss Joey Barton offered his verdict, having previously admitted the club was "looking for the tip of the spear" in the transfer window with just under a week to go.

Source: Metro September 03, 2023 14:42 UTC