7:00am Thursday 2nd September 2010
By Anthony Marshall
CHARLIE Austin believes Town were right to reject transfer deadline day approaches for himself, insisting he is more than happy with life at the County Ground.
The 21-year-old striker is one of the hottest properties in the Football League and attracted interest from a host of Championship sides on Tuesday before the window slammed shut.
Queens Park Rangers and Portsmouth are understood to have enquired about the former Poole Town front man, while Millwall saw a £600,000 bid flatly rejected by Swindon’s management.
And after scoring the second goal in their 3-0 win at Southampton the same evening, Austin celebrated by rushing to the away fans clutching the Town badge on his shirt in an apparent show of commitment.
“It (the celebration) shows I’m still a Swindon Town player and what this club means to me,” he told the Advertiser.
“The fans were great and got right behind us at Southampton.
“There’s not really too much to say (about interest from other clubs).
“I didn’t know too much about it - I saw it on Tuesday morning but just thought it was speculation.
“I’m still a Swindon player after the transfer deadline though and what the club did, they did right.”
Austin played the role of both goalscorer and creator on Tuesday as Swindon secured their first win of the season in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy.
And now the forward is determined to take that form into league action this weekend.
“You’ve just got to do what you’ve got to do for the team to get a win. And we did that on Tuesday,” he explained. It is still early in the season but we really wanted a win and we got it against Southampton.
“Hopefully we can kick on from now on.”
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