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Bolton reward crocked O’Brien with new deal
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Bolton reward crocked O’Brien with new deal
November 10, 2009
Bolton Wanderers have given a new contract to injury-plagued Republic of Ireland defender Joey O’Brien.
O’Brien has spent the past 13 months on the sidelines with a knee injury, the second time in his career that he has been ruled out for more than a year.
But instead of cutting the 23-year-old Dubliner loose when his current deal expires, Trotters boss Gary Megson has opted to give him a new contract extension to keep him at the Reebok Stadium beyond the end of the season.
He told the Bolton News: “A big club would [give him a contract] and not look at the finance. There is no reason to do it, other than for the employee himself.
“We want to get him into the position where all he is thinking about is getting himself fit and back into the first team.
“His contract was coming up, so that was a worry for him and the injury is a worry for him, but the one thing we could do something about was the contract.
“Big clubs do it, and I’d like to think this club is a big club in its thinking. We’re not Manchester United, Liverpool or anyone like that, but this is the right thing to do.”
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