LUTON, Blackpool and Ipswich are locked in a £100,000 tug-of-war for non-league midfielder Sonny Carey.
A number of other Football League clubs – including Bournemouth – are also tracking the 20-year-old King’s Lynn Town player.
Carey has just one year left on his contract with Kings Lynn.
But clubs are looking to secure his signature this summer following a hugely impressive campaign.
And a £100,000 cheque could prove massive for the future of his club following the financial impact of the coronavirus crisis.
Football League scouts were in regular attendance to watch Carey in action last season.
And they would have been particularly impressed with his winner as Kings Lynn upset the odds to knock Port Vale out of the FA Cup.
The club have seen former players Cameron Norman and Frazer-Blake Tracy make the step up to the Football League.
Carey is aware in the interest in his signature but refused to get dragged into speculation until concrete offers were made.
He told the Eastern Daily Press: “It’s good hearing the stuff but at the end of the day it is all talk and interest and that’s it until the end of the season and we will see what happens.”
The likes of Jamie Vardy, Tyrone Mings, Troy Deeney and Michail Antonio all starred in Non-League football before making the step up.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
