Diagouraga Deal boosts Trewick's Budget

The Hereford United chairman, Graham Turner, has said that he would has liked Toumani Diagouraga to have stayed at Edgar Street for another season but a clause in his contact had allowed him to speak to other clubs. Diagouraga signed a four year deal at Peterborough earlier today.

"I would have liked Toumani to be here with us next season and [manager] John Trewick felt the same so we would not have sold. I think the crux of the matter is that Toumani wanted to leave," Turner told BBC Hereford and Worcester.

"He has done very well for us over a two year period, one season on loan from Watford and the second season as our player. He still had two years to run on his contract, but there was that clause in there that allowed him to talk to other clubs.

"Obviously the disappointment of relegation led to him believing he could play at a higher level, and that has been proved by the fact that it is a Championship club that has come in for him.

"In this day and age there are not too many buying clubs at our level, so we have to look at that and think well it's not been bad business.

"We've helped another young player on his way so we hope that next time we are interested in a young player we can quote the case of the people like Michael Mcindoe, Paul Parry and now Toumani Diagouraga."

Asked by Trevor Owens whether he was happy with the fee Turner replied that he was never happy.

"I always think we could have got a bit more but in the end we have got to do a deal and there is not a lot of money going around football at our level at the present time," Turner continued.

"If the money isn't available for future transfers from our end, it will certainly boost our turnover.

"We're allowed 60 percent of turnover for players' wages, so there will be a little bit of boost in the scope for John Trewick."

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