Bristol Rovers reject offer from League One rivals

“We talk about it now throughout the season. Those talks and offers are over, so it happened.”

“We’re not naive enough to let a player who is your best player go into the final year of his deal without even having a conversation. So, like everything else in football, I think we’re going to learn a lot about each other over the next eight weeks.”

“We want Antony here. I think it’s important to say that he didn’t start the season in the team and it’s not my thing, he worked his way back into the team and then he was consistent and then to get all those awards, he’s a bit like Chris. Martin. Probably our two best and biggest performers didn’t start the season with either the club or the team, which is surreal to say.”

“Credit to both of them for going through a tough time and then producing and that’s football. It’s about producing performances and whether it’s Chris’ goals or Antony’s goals and assists, they’ve just been consistent about it and hopefully that continues for a long time.”