Huddersfield Town have no need to sell young talent to Stoke City or anybody: Chief Exec

Oct 13 2009 by Huddersfield Daily Examiner

TOWN today scoffed at suggestions Jordan Rhodes and Alex Smithies will leave during the January transfer window.

A string of clubs, including six from the Premier League, had scouts at Saturday’s clash with Exeter City, when Rhodes grabbed a hat trick and fellow teenager Smithies kept a clean sheet.

It’s been reported that Stoke City, whose assistant manager Peter Reid watched from the Galpharm stand, are lining up bids for both players.

But Town chief executive Nigel Clibbens has slapped the ‘not for sale’ sign on the duo, who are both contracted through to 2013.

“We are not your usual League I club – we have a different approach,” said Clibbens.