As the 2016/17 Sky Bet League One campaign edges ever closer, there is plenty of transfer speculation doing the rounds. Today's rumour features Walsall midfielder Sam Mantom, who has recently been enjoying all that the Celtic Manor Golf Resort has to offer.
Friday evening's Twitter chatter suggests Mantom has held contract discussions with League 1 Play-Off Final winners Barnsley, with a view to completing a free transfer when his Saddlers contract expires at or around midnight on Thursday, 30th June.
24-year-old Mantom made forty-seven first-team appearances over course of the 2015/16 campaign, and was the Saddlers' second highest goalscorer as he bagged nine goals in all competitions.
Stourbridge-born Mantom, who has made over one-hundred first-team appearances for the Saddlers since returning permanently in January 2013, has been offered a new two-year deal by the Play-Off Semi-Finalists, and has until Monday, 20th June to decide on his Banks's Stadium future.