Stu Turns Down Contract

The winger said he wants to stay with the club he supported as a boy from the North Bank but he described the new pay deal as ‘insulting’.

Roberts was linked with a move to Premiership clubs Sunderland and Southampton last season while Stoke City, Charlton Athletic and Wycombe Wanderers were also said to be monitoring his progress.

Roberts is too young to fall under the Bosman ruling, so if he left the Vetch a transfer tribunal would decide a fee