Tuesday 9 September 2014 17:36, UK
Goalkeeper Jay Lynch has revealed former club Accrington told him they could not afford to keep him, despite his offer to play for free.
Lynch, 21, signed non-contract terms with James Beattie's League Two side in August, only to be released earlier this month. The ex-Bolton stopper played just twice for Accrington and was left out of the squad against Carlisle in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy contest last Tuesday following Joe Lumley's arrival on loan from QPR. Earlier that afternoon, Lynch had posted a Twitter message which read: "What a funny game football is.. Talent counts for nothing nowadays, it's all politics & finances." And, expanding on his departure in an interview with The Bolton News, he said: "At Accrington I thought 'this is my chance' now I can get some games. "I'd been training with Everton and James Beattie must have spoken with someone there. He'd got a young keeper in called Luke Simpson but they weren't sure whether they wanted to put him in right away. "They said I'd be in for three games but I hadn't signed a contract. I sat on the bench for the first game but thought it was because I'd just got there, and Luke did well. "I missed the next couple and it was only when Luke got sent off I got a chance. We got battered with 10 men but I made a few saves. I played the next one against Luton and got man of the match in some papers. I was happy with how it went. "They were saying I was their top keeper but then I got pulled to one side and told the club didn't have the finances to keep me. I said I'd play for free - I only wanted games - but it felt like they'd stabbed me in the back a bit. "They brought a lad in from QPR and it felt like they were trying to keep them happy by playing him." Lynch has since signed a deal with non-league Salford City.