Curle wants rid of Marrow

Keith Curle has revealed Carlisle will seek to part ways with wantaway midfielder Alex Marrow.

The 24-year-old ex-Crystal Palace and Blackburn man has not played since November and has only just returned to training this week following a spell away from the Cumbrians. However, Curle expects him to be moving on again soon after delivering a brutally honest assessment of Marrow's situation. "Alex Marrow is back with us after his sick-note period expired," he said. "The situation with him is that Alex wants to leave the football club. I also want Alex to leave the football club. "We're going through a process of finding the best way for him to leave the club which is financially beneficial to both parties. Fortunately for Alex, while he is here, and doesn't want to be here, he still gets paid. Unfortunately for me, while Alex is here, and doesn't want to be here, I've still got to pay him. "I've asked Alex to leave and not take the money he's owed. That has been my negotiating strategy. We've obviously hit a stumbling block on that. "In the short term the beauty of what we've got with working for a very honourable football club is that we will continue to pay Alex for his services, even though he doesn't want to be here." Danny Kearns, also out of favour since November, is back at Brunton Park too but Curle confirmed the midfielder needs to be right mentally and physically before he can come into consideration again. "The situation with him wasn't one where I asked him to go away for his break," the ex-Wolves defender added. "To be completely honest, Danny wasn't happy, but I wasn't either. When you have two unhappy people you usually find there needs to be a separation. "We were basically unhappy about the same things. He wasn't happy that he wasn't playing football. I wasn't happy that he wasn't playing football. I know the reasons why he wasn't playing. "He's not in my thoughts for the weekend because he isn't fit."