Adkins denies striker rift

After comments made by Adam Le Fondre last week, many questioned his future at the club. However, Nigel Adkins has denied any problems with the forward.

The 26-year old has appeared to be very frustrated during his interview after the Norwich game last week, expressing his annoyance at lack of playing time under Adkins. When the question was presented to Adkins, he denied any sort of rift between the two and says Alfie has been very professional about the situation.

Quoted by the Daily Star, the former Southampton boss said: ‘I`ve had a good conversation about the whole situation with Alfie. We like him a lot. I started him against Southampton and he came on against Liverpool. Maybe he could have come on against Norwich, but we were in a good position in the game.’

‘I think it is great that a player wants to play and if they can`t start then they want to make an impact off the bench. That`s great for me and that`s what you want – people here fighting for the cause. I`ve got no issues at all with Alfie and he has been very professional in everything he`s done.”

Obviously the media blew that interview out of proportion, it was probably just steam that Alfie wanted to let off. We are in a period of transition at the moment and Adkins is rotating his options at the moment. He has started under the new boss, which he very rarely got with McDermott, unless forced.

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