Former Yeovil Town loanee Otis Khan has revealed the club are looking at training in Bristol next season in a bid to attract new players.
The out-of-contract winger, who made five appearances last season before his season ended prematurely following a red card in the defeat at Eastleigh on Easter Monday, spoke about the possible change on the I Had Trials Once podcast hosted by ex-players Jordan Hulme and Gareth Seddon.
Speaking on the latest episode, Khan said: “Because it is that far they might be training in Bristol next year to try and attract a few more lads and I think it would be a good idea to do that. My contract finished on May 5th, I went there on trial until the end of the season and signed until May 5th, so when I got that red card unfortunately my season was done.”
The 29-year-old returned on loan in March after falling out of favour at National League Premier Division side Oldham Athletic. He played two seasons at Huish Park scoring 18 goals under Darren Way before a career which took him around a number of Football League clubs.
On the podcast, he spoke about the sending off at Eastleigh which followed a clash with the hosts’ striker Chris Maguire in the 36th minute of the 1-0 defeat.
Khan said: “I went back to Yeovil, it is a place I know well, the kitman is still there, they are great people down there. I had done well but I got a red card in the Easter weekend game on the Monday, a lad has grabbed me by the throat and started shaking me and I have pushed him off. The ref is on the other side so it looks like I have elbowed him and he has gone down holding his face, as soon as I get sent off he is put like nothing has happened.
“It was right in front of the dug out on the touchline they have been complaining to the ref. The fourth (official) is right there, he could have said to the ref that it was 50-50 and after the game (Maguire) was saying ‘I got one of their players sent off’, it should have been a yellow card but it meant I missed the final two games of the season which was a shame to be honest.”
Asked about his future having left Oldham, he added: “I am not too sure. It did not really go according to plan with Oldham, I did not play too many games. The first game I played there I started and played well and I think the next game was Solihull and we got beaten and then I did not start the next one. A few days later the Gaffer (Mickey Mellon) said ‘you are a League player, you should be doing better than that’, so I said ‘how come you didn’t start me in the next game’ and he told me it was because I didn’t run enough in that game and since then I did not really get a sniff.”
Bristol for training? Cooper hasn’t struggled to get players, he’s used more than almost all other clubs this season! His recruitment is poor. I almost wish they would play in Bristol whilst he’s manager. At least then I wouldn’t have to watch them play so often!
Mickey Mellon is correct.
When is the retained list coming out? I suspect nothing will be done until after new owners come in.Hopefully we have a real clear out and maybe a new manager?