NOTTS County boss Chris Kiwomya has revealed he would love to sign the man who inflicted a Good Friday defeat on his side – Bradley Wright-Phillips.
The striker is a free agent in the summer and was offered to the Magpies earlier this season by his club Charlton Athletic in a player-swap deal for Alan Judge, but they turned it down.
But Kiwomya says he spoke to Wright-Phillips, who is on loan with Brentford, before Notts lost 2-1 at Griffin Park.
"I spoke to him before the game quickly and he said he'd be interested, but I'm not sure we could afford him," Kiwomya told the Post.
"I know his dad Ian (Wright) pretty well so I'll speak to him and we'll see. He'll have a lot of good teams after him."
Wright-Phillips scored the winner for the Bees in the second half, after Magpies' goalkeeper Bartosz Bialkowski gifted them a goal in the first half.
The Pole let in a tame shot from Bees midfielder Toumani Diagouraga on 21 minutes and his confidence looked shattered after that.
He was replaced by 39-year-old goalkeeper Kevin Pilkington in the second half, who was beaten by Wright-Phillips in his 150th game for the club.
Kiwomya made it clear Bialkowski was subbed because he was ill, not because of his howler.
"He's been very ill and it was touch and go whether he was going to play yesterday morning," he said. "He wanted to give it a go, but we could see he wasn't quite right so we took him off. He's been brilliant for us so we've got no problem with Bart."
