By Aston
February 6 2008

Plymouth Argyle chairman Paul Stapleton has blasted former Plymouth manager Ian Holloway for his part in David Norris' move to Town. Stapleton: "David Norris gave Plymouth Argyle very good service; he was energetic, a very good player, a talisman.

"The problem began because last summer he was told by Ian Holloway that he could leave the club in January.

"On January 2 he came to see me saying he wanted to go. He saw me many more times in January. I saw him more in that month than my family. He badgered me to death.

"At one point he said he would stay if we gave him £10,000 a week for the rest of the season and let him go in the summer for £500,000. There was no way we could sanction that.

"Then two days before the deadline he told me he was never going to play for Argyle again. He was adamant he'd been promised a move but it was only when Ipswich came up with a significant amount of money that the transfer went through."

Source: PAFC.co.uk

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