He caught the eye of bigger clubs in the Shakers’ Capital One Cup clash with Leicester City in August and has been on the bench for every game since.
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Miller’s goal was his second in four days after breaking his duck for Morecambe on Saturday and gave the League Two side their first win in five. Despite this, without Morecambe’s crucial input – the customary defeat of Southend United at the Globe in the last game of the campaign – Bury would possibly still be in League Two: the Shrimps’ defeat of the Shrimpers allowed the Shakers to pinch the Essex club’s third place in the table and the automatic promotion which went with it. He got schooled the other week by Leon Clarke but it was one of the best days of training he’s had. Login using you Facebook, Twitter, Google or LinkedIn accounts and have your say! Tonight he produced 90 and just as he got exhausted late on he made a slip for the goal’.
“A young lad who’s trying to make his name could easily have gone for goal himself after beating (Reece) Brown the centre half and drawing the ‘keeper to try and grab the headlines but he showed a calm head on young shoulders and squared it for Shaun Miller to tap in”. With the player out of the matchday squads recently, it appears Bury are close to reaching an agreement with an unnamed team.
Could Foulds handle the step-up to the Premier League?
Bury boss David Flitcroft told of the interest, stating: “I’m protecting Matty, we’ve got a few very good bids in for him now”.
“It’s been bubbling along for a week now and a few fantastic football clubs want his services”. When the deal is right for all three parties then sometimes they have got to move on to pastures new.
“He’s been a credit to the club and he’s a player I hold in great esteem”.
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ESPN are reporting that Everton and Aston Villa have made bids for highly-rated Bury teenager Matty Foulds.
