Brian Laws does not expect to hear further from Burnley after rejecting an offer from the Premier League new boys for Sheffield Wednesday striker Marcus Tudgay.
The Clarets, looking to boost their squad following promotion, were flatly refused permission to speak with the 28-year-old Owls player of the year and have since signed Steven Fletcher from Hibernian for £3million.
"We said right from the start that we were not interested in selling Marcus, but Burnley put in a derogatory offer and, as is often the case, that turned his head," said Laws.
"You can understand the lad wants to play in the Premier League, but we're not a selling club and he's one of our best players.
"The best player in the world has his price, you only have to look at the £80million paid for Ronaldo, but Burnley were no where near the figure we would have considered for Tudgay.
"They were flirting with the idea and I think they've now gone elsewhere."
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Glad he is staying, would love to see another brilliant goal scored like the winner at pig lane against them blunts!!!! up the owls!!!!!
he wasn't comparing him to ronaldo you muppet
Great comparison TurdGAY and Ronaldo. Get real Brian - Burnley offered 6 times what he's worth. You should have snatched the money and paid some debts off.
Good - we need to keep our best players - especially Tudgay ,def worth his wages after his blinding goal against the blunts !!
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