Galway United set to host Bray Wanderers

Galway United manager has ruled out a move for Cork City’s Billy Dennehy, saying finances at the club means he is unable to add the two-times league champion to his squad.

Dennehy has had a falling out with Cork City manager John Caulfield, who has told the midfielder he is free to listen to offers from other clubs, but while Dunne has admitted speaking to the Kerry native, he says Dennehy won’t be joining United this season.

“I know Billy well from my own time in Cork, and yes, I would have spoken to him, but I could speak to him all day, it doesn’t change the fact that he won’t be signing for us. He is a good player, the kind of player we’d like to bring in, but the club just doesn’t have the finances, it is as simple as that,” Dunne told Tribune Sport yesterday.

United return to league action tonight when they host Bray Wanderers in Eamonn Deacy Park (7.45pm), having had last weekend free from competitive action, but Dunne says the friendly with the Liverpool U-18 side was a useful exercise for his players, and it gave him the opportunity to give players who haven’t seen much action this season some game-time.

“It was good to have a game, some of the lads got a run out, but we have been training hard since the Limerick win and the lads are looking forward to getting back into league action. We won well down there earlier in the season but they come into the game on a good run of form and we certainly won’t be underestimating them,” Dunne said.

Even though they didn’t have a league game at the weekend, United still climbed one place in the table after Longford Town’s three-goal defeat at the hands of Cork City saw United move above the Midlands club on goals scored, with both teams having a -9 goal difference.

A win tonight, coupled with defeats for both Derry City and Sligo Rovers – who have tough matches against away against Bohemians and at home to St Patrick’s Athletic respectively – would see United open a comfortable cushion between them and the relegation play-off spot.

“A win could do that, but there is still a long way to go and anyway you’re looking for other results to go your way as well for that. We just have to worry about ourselves – we have a tough game against Bray, but home games against the likes of Bray are the games you need to win, so we’ll just worry about doing our own job,” he said.

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