IT seems to be only a matter of time before Altrincham defender Danny Adams signs for Macclesfield Town.

He rejected the personal terms they offered him last week, but is confident of receiving a revised offer this week.

The two clubs have agreed a fee - believed to be somewhere in the region of £20,000, but until Adams accepts Town's offer of terms, the deal is on ice.

Speaking to SAM sport earlier this week, Adams said, "It's long been an amition of mine to play full-time football and this is the chance I have been waiting for.

"I'm hoping it will all be sorted out this weekend," he added.

A spokesman for the club said, "While we can never be accused of standing in a players way, we are glad that a player of Danny's sheer quality is still with us, for the time being."

Adams was dropped from the first team squad at the behest of manager Mark Ward, who thought Adams had not shown the right kind of application in training. This was after the player learned that the club had turned down an offer of £20,000 from Macc boss Peter Davenport.

At the time, Ward said, "Danny will be in the reserves until Wednesday and that is where he'll continue to play until he changes his attitutde.

"I pick my side on merit, and, if players don't try in training, as Danny didn't after learning we'd turned down a Macclesfield bid for him, then they don't play for me."

Meanwhile, Altrincham have reluctantly gave up the chase for the remaining £12,000 of Paul Ellender's transfer fee owed to them by Scarborough.

While there was no doubt that Altrincham need the money almost as much as Scarborough do, it soon became clear to them that they were low down on the list of Scarborough's creditors.

Altrincham have a free Saturday this week, which will give injured first teamers Kevin Ellison, Danny Adams and Mark Quayle a chance to recover in time for the trip to Marine on Tuesday September 5.

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