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Jason to Terriers?

Jason Price, who was released by Doncaster Rovers at the end of last season, may be about to join Huddersfield Town, according to the Huddersfield Examiner. They report that Huddersfield are chasing the former Hull striker, who played 114 times for the Rovers first team, but found his chances limited last season.
The 32-year old Welshman spent the last part of the 2008/09 season on loan at Millwall, although injury prevented him in playing in the League One play-off final against Scunthorpe at Wembley, where the Lions missed out on promotion to the Championship.

Macca talks to Blades

Former Doncaster Rovers left winger Michael McIndoe is in talks with Sheffield United after an undisclosed fee was agreed with Bristol City. McIndoe has missed the start to Bristol's pre-season training this week as he discussed personal terms with Blades boss Kevin Blackwell.
City boss Gary Johnson said: "They are talking to Macca. I expect that deal will go through in the next couple of days, but that's all I can say at this stage."
The Scot joined Bristol City in August 2007 from Wolves and has gone on to make just under a hundred first team appearances for the club, scoring 13 goals.
He left Rovers in March 2006 for a loan spell at Derby County, joining Barnsley in the following summer, but after just six months, left to move to Wolverhampton Wanderers.

McGuire leaves Thistle

Defender Phil McGuire, who played for Doncaster Rovers on 14 occasions during the 2005/06 season, has left Inverness Caledonian Thistle after a two year stay. Inverness, who were relegated from the Scottish Premier League at the end of last season, made the announcement yesterday as they prepare for life in the Scottish First Division, as well as having to reduce their expenditure after the collapse of Setanta Sports.
McGuire moved to Dunfermline after leaving Rovers in July 2006, staying for just one season before moving north to Inverness. He began his career at Aberdeen, winning caps for Scotland and under-21 level before joining Rovers.

Lee signs for County

Ex-Rovers skipper Graeme Lee has signed for League Two club Notts County on a free transfer from Bradford City. Lee, now 31, was made available for transfer as Bradford battled to reduce the players' wages bill after the budget was cut by around 40%.
Graeme will find one familiar face at his new club - Ricky Ravenhill joined Notts County from Darlington earlier in the summer.
Notts County are in the process of being taken over by Middle Eastern consortium Munto Finance. The change of ownership took a big step forward yesterday when the Supporters Trust, who own 60% of the shares in the football club, voted in favour of the takeover.
Of the transfer to Meadow Lane, Lee said: "I'm excited and looking forward to it. With the takeover they are a very ambitious club."
Notts boss Ian McParland said: "Graeme's a leader, a vastly experienced defender at this level, and we're absolutely delighted he has agreed to join us. I met with him and his agent last week and they were obviously pleased with what they heard from us because this deal has moved very swiftly. I can see him becoming a very reliable and popular figure in the centre of our defence."

Players check in early

Some of the Rovers squad have reported back early for pre-season training. The whole squad will report back for training next Monday, but some, including Mark Wilson, Paul Heffernan and Sean McDaid, were in at Cantley Park at the beginning of this week.
Rovers' first pre-season match follows on 8th July, when they travel to play Armthorpe Welfare - please see yesterday's news item for details of tickets for the fixture.

Spicer changes his number

Rovers midfielder John Spicer has changed his squad number for next season. He has been allocated the number 10 shirt for this season, moving from the number 10 shirt of last season. At the moment, this is the only change to the squad numbers, with new signings likely to take up the other available numbers - when, and if, they happen!
Rovers currently are listing 26 players in their first team squad, although three - Charles Fisher, Robbie Clark and Waide Fairhurst - are former youth team players who are yet to become first team regulars. There are also three goalkeepers (Neil Sullivan, Ben Smith and Gary Woods), leaving a nucleus of 20 senior outfield players. With seven players now able to be named on the subsitutes' bench for league matches, we presume that Rovers will be looking to make a small number of signings ahead of the start of the new season. At least, with the return to fitness of several players who were injured at the end of last season, Rovers should be in a good position to start the new campaign in six weeks time.