Livingston boss warns potential bidders to up their offers for striker

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Livingston boss David Martindale says there’s been no formal offers for attacker Joel Nouble - but says interested parties are going to have to stump up the cash.Martindale confessed there has been interest in the Englishman but it hasn’t reached the stage yet of a genuine offer on the table with the numbers being discussed being some way off what the Lions would be looking for.He said: “I’ve not had official offers but there’s been a couple of ‘would you accept this?’ from third parties.

There is interest but the sums involved are not floating my boat, let’s put it that way. We need money but then I have to offset that with what Joel could bring to our squad.“The amount of phone calls I’ve had for Joel is incredible but the amount of direct interest from a potential purchasing club is very low.”He added: “How it’s worked with me of late, you don’t get a call from a club, it’s an intermediate asking, ‘would you?’ And if that answer is yes then the club makes contact with you.”Martindale also admitted he’s unlikely to throw new signing Samson Lawal into the deep end but said he’s ‘excited’ by the Nigerian’s potential.The 19-year-old featured for his country at the recent Under-20 World Cup and has his work permit approved on Tuesday - which could see him make the matchday squad for their Viaplay Cup clash against Ayr United on Saturday.He said: “We’ve still got a bit of work to do in terms of his fitness.

I’m trying to get as many yards into his legs as possible. He’ll be a really, really good player for us this season and it’s about adapting him and dipping him and getting him acclimatised to Scottish football as quickly as possible.“I don’t want to throw him into big games and he’s out of his depth in terms of the