Swindon boss Paolo Di Canio says his club have made Town an offer to sign on-loan striker Ronan Murray on a permanent basis. The Irishman's spell on loan at the County Ground is up on Saturday.

Di Canio said: “I want to buy him and the offer is a fair amount of money because he is a young, talented player.

“If we can go through with the money we have offered already we will be very happy and he is happy here. We will see after the Rotherham game [on Saturday].”

Speaking earlier in the week when a further loan was mooted, Murray said he'd like to extend his time in Wiltshire: “I’d like to stay. I am playing first team football and the last month and a half has been brilliant - playing games every week.

“I have enjoyed every minute and it is a brilliant club. There are not many more clubs in the country you would want to be at with all the headlines Swindon are getting."

The 20-year-old, who is out of contract at the end of the season, has scored two goals in four starts and five sub appearances since joining the Robins in November.

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TractorRoyNo1 added 18:34 - Jan 13 to the best of my knowledge there is not one spurs academy player in their first team that has anything to do with Klug, he's a good coach at that level and that's where he should have stayed. Also you are getting confused with roles, it is Rusell Osman not Morgan who now has Klug's coaching job. jonwillpott added 11:56 - Jan 13 alanmason_and why is the Academy not producing the young players? I'll tell you why - Keane got rid of one (if not the best) youth coaches in English football. Has it not been noticed how Tottenham are making great strides in the Premiership now? Coincidence or not - I don't think it is!! Sammy Morgan IMO is not up to the task here - we are no longer attracting the top talent as we were under Bryan Klug cos we are not held in the same esteem. ONLY if we opt for Category 1 status is there any chance of changing things in the near future.

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