Cash-strapped Galway set to allow players leave next month

THE dire financial situation at Airtricity League Premier Division side Galway United came to a head yesterday when the club announced that all professional players can leave when the transfer window opens next month.

The Tribesmen — who are on a 14-game losing streak in all competitions, and are rooted to the foot of the Premier Division — released a statement confirming that any players on a professional contract with the club were free to leave next month.

Ronan Coleman, the secretary of the club’s Management Committee, said yesterday that the move did not come as a surprise given the club’s dwindling attendances, the poor run of form and the economic situation as a whole. “Players are owed varying amounts of money and while they have contracts which we intend to honour, the fact that they are owed wages means they are entitled to leave if they get another offer during the transfer window.