Luke Armstrong, a striker for Harrogate Town, was rejected by Wrexham, and the club is considering filing an appeal. Wrexham and Harrogate had reached an agreement, and the necessary paperwork had been filed; however, the English Football League refused the move, citing the failure to submit the necessary paperwork prior to the window closing. “Further to Saturday’s statement on the rejection of Luke Armstrong’s transfer registration, Wrexham AFC can confirm the club is still actively collating all the relevant information regarding a potential appeal against the decision,” the club stated in a statement posted to its website on on Monday.
“We asked the EFL for important information late this afternoon, and we’ve been told we should have it tomorrow (Tuesday) morning. When more information is available, it will be released, and until then, no more remarks will be made.” In his 106 games with Harrogate, including 16 last season, Armstrong, 27, has scored 31 goals. He did not play in the team’s opening two games of the current campaign. The League Two opponent of Wrexham even made the announcement of the impending transfer on Friday night for an undisclosed sum. Harrogate, meantime, signed Josh March from Stevenage to take the place of their top scorer from the previous two seasons. The EFL authorized March’s transfer.
According to the BBC, Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson stated, “A lot of work has gone in to identify Luke and to get him to the club, but for whatever reason that didn’t get over the line and we’re disappointed.” “A lot of work had gone into that signing in terms of looking at players across the board, putting offers in and working really hard to get a deal that was really suitable for Harrogate and us.”It was obviously delayed in order to accommodate Harrogate’s desire to attract players.”
