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Unfortunately it has today been rumoured by Sky Sports’ tabloid newspaper section that the Seagulls are tracking Southend’s Freddy Eastwood along with Hartlepool’s Adam Boyd. Eastwood, who scored the first goal in the Shrimpers historic playoff victory last Saturday, has been pivotal to the Blues success and it would be gutting for supporters to see Eastwood leave.
However I would urge fellow supporters not to worry due to story being given only one line on the Sky Sports website. Whilst this suggests the rumour is rather insignificant it is also the case that Southend supremo, Ron Martin, is not interested in selling Eastwood as he wants the club to progress. In fact Martin even went to the length of phoning into Soccer AM, to alleviate Southend fans, which were on the show, of any fears that Eastwood may be leaving.
In addition to this, Eastwood does not want to leave the club due to its locality and the fact that he has enjoyed the club since joining in October.
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Manager Tilson attempted to pre-empt any future rumours. "He’s not for sale and winning promotion will help us keep hold of him, and he still has another two years on his contract," commented the Blues chief.
Although it is not expected that Eastwood will leave this summer it remains a mystery as to what Brighton will spend the £250,000 they won from Coca-Cola.
By Matt Donohue
www.thelittlegazette.com