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3 More Years For Curtis

Fri, 02/12/2016 - 20:30

Glentoran FC is delighted to announce that Curtis Allen today signed a 3 year extension to his current contract. That means Curtis is now committed to Glentoran until May 2020.

                    

Curtis said this evening: “I’m really glad to get this sorted as easily and quickly as we did and I’m really looking forward to the next 3 seasons with the Glens.  There was a lot of speculation about other clubs and pre contracts but I never felt that I wanted to leave the Glens. It was just a matter of sitting down with Gaz and the Board. Once I did that and heard what Gaz plans for the next few seasons it was relatively easy and very quick to finalise the new contract.  There’s still a long way to go this season and a lot to play for with the European playoff places all up for grabs and the Irish Cup still to start. We haven’t been creating a lot of chances but when we get key players back from injury I’m confident I can get a lot more goals as we move further up the table.  I’m really hopeful we can finish this season a lot better than we started it”.

A delighted Gary Haveron said: “This new contract shows a great level of commitment to our future by both Curtis and by the club. There are very few players capable of consistently delivering 20 goals a season at this level so securing Curtis for the next 3 years was an absolute priority for me. He’s a real quality finisher and any club with ambition needs one of those. I’m delighted with the support I’ve had from the club in getting this over the line.  Curtis has been inundated with phone calls and expressions of interest from other clubs but he’s made clear from the start that his overriding preference was to stay with the Glens. He’s living in East Belfast now so he really understands Glentoran and what it means to people in the area.  Curtis has really bought into what I want to do here. He wants to spend the best years of his career at Glentoran so it’s now up to the rest of us to help him deliver on the pitch.”

Curtis joined Glentoran from Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the January 2014 transfer window. Since then he has scored 54 goals in 118 appearances.