Simon Davey has confirmed Barnsley have received a £150,000 bid from Blackpool for Martin Devaney.
Blackpool hoping to land Barnsley winger
Barnsley manager Simon Davey has confirmed the Tykes have received a £150,000 bid from Blackpool for Martin Devaney.
The Tangerines' offer meets a clause in the winger's contract and they are now free to open talks over a possible move.
But Davey insists that the bid does not spell the end of the former Cheltenham player's Oakwell career, and that he will not be allowing players to move 'on the cheap'.
Valuation
Davey told the club's
official website: "This clause is standard in the majority of players' contracts and does not mean that we have to sell Martin, only that he can speak with a club who offer that amount.
"We have worked tirelessly in recent years both on and off the pitch at Barnsley to make sure we are in a position where we decide who stays and who goes.
"No one player will leave unless we say so. Every player has a valuation and no one will be sold unless a club reaches that.
"We are not in the business of letting our players go on the cheap."
Duo depart
Meanwhile, Barnsley have cancelled the contracts of former skipper Paul Reid and Dwayne Mattis by mutual consent.
Reid, 26, led the Tykes to promotion via a League One play-off final penalty shootout win over Swansea in May 2006, but made only four first-team appearances last season.
The Carlisle-born central defender slipped behind Stephen Foster and Dennis Souza in the pecking order and went out on loan in March this year to his hometown club, where he made only one appearance due to injury.
Former Huddersfield and Bury midfielder Mattis, 26, arrived at Oakwell from Gigg Lane in a £50,000 deal in January 2007, but has failed to hold down a first team place.
