Swindon Town boss Maurice Malpas has confirmed the club withdrew their contract offer for midfielder Ritchie Jones.
Jones signed for League One Hartlepool United rivals on Friday afternoon although Malpas confirmed the club were at an advanced stage of negotiations to bring the player to The County Ground before Town ended their interest.
"There was a lack of eagerness on his part. I had to pull the plug because we just didn't get a response.
"It is his prerogative to choose where he goes and he has done that.
"All I will say is that he showed a lack of urgency to come here and that's not the type of player we need here. He didn't get back in touch and that's where our interest ended."
Wolverhampton Wanderers Charlie Mulgrew
The manager has also given the latest on a move for Wolves defender Charlie Mulgrew over a move to The Robins.
"Negotiations are continuing. We have agreed a fee with Wolves and that is thanks to a lot of work by our Chairman, Andrew Fitton.
"I would expect I will be spending my weekend speaking to the player and the agent and see where we go from there."
Interesting how we apparently pulled the plug. Still a long way to go on the Mulgrew deal too.
