Guess the transfer fee appears to be the follow-up to the exciting arrival of striker Luke Armstrong at Carlisle United from Harrogate Town.
The precise fee has not been disclosed by either club with both appearing happy about their parts in the move.
Although significantly less than the £500,000 that United were quoted in the summer it is believed to be a new club record for the Blues.
Their previous top payout was £140,000 for Joe Garner in his first stint at Brunton Park in 2007.
Sources at Harrogate say they believe that the deal they have done with Carlisle United for the permanent transfer of Luke Armstrong represents a good bit of business.
They had confirmed in a joint statement with Carlisle that last season’s leading goal-scorer had left Wetherby Road to join up with his new team-mates ahead of a move which will be formally completed once the transfer window opens on January 1.
Town thought that they had sold 27-year-old Armstrong to Wrexham at the very end of the summer window, only for that switch to collapse due to the Red Dragons failing to submit paperwork relevant to the player’s registration to the FA in sufficient time.
And while the price that the Cumbrians will pay for their new centre-forward will be significantly less than the amount Wrexham had agreed to stump up, Harrogate manager Simon Weaver has said that he would not have sanctioned a deal that did not see the club realise a fair return on a player with a proven track record in front of goal.
Weaver told his club website: “Obviously the transfer fee is undisclosed, and so I can’t discuss the sum. But, suffice to say, we were happy to agree a deal with Carlisle quite quickly because we were happy with the outcome. I think that says a lot.”
