Former Coventry City forward Clive Platt has said that the two year deal which gave him family security was the reason he joined Northampton Town.
Speaking to the CT's Andy Turner, Platt who confirmed he was only offered a one year deal on reduced terms by City said: “I think Aidy (Boothroyd) has every right to have a dig because he was harshly done to at Coventry.
"I hope Coventry are a winning team next year and I am certainly not leaving on a bitter note.
"It’s the biggest and best club I have been at in my career and I would have loved to have stayed but getting a longer contract is great security for me and my family and it gives me the opportunity to play competitive football for the next two years.
“Do I think I would have had as much part of Coventry’s team next year? Probably not in all honesty because I think I would have been playing a bit part and I would be rather be part of a team from day one.
“I have obviously worked with Aidy before and we got on well. "He’s always infectious and ambitious and he’s got big ambitions for the place and it will be good to join that and be a big part of it at the top end of the division rather than fighting away at the bottom as we were last year.
“I definitely want Northampton to be a winning team next year and hopefully Coventry will get it right next year because I don’t think they should be in that division.
“It’s going to take a lot of hard work for them but they have got a lot of promising young players and if they can add to that I am sure they will sort themselves out.”
More on this; http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/coventry-city-fc/coventry-city-fc-news/2012/05/31/92746-31083633/?