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Big-spenders? Not us, says Lee

By Chris Dunlavy

BURY boss Lee Clark insists the Shakers have not broken the bank this summer and believes budget talk has become an obsession.
Backed by ambitious chairman Stewart Day, Clark engineered a string of eyecatching signings in a bid to break into the top six.
Former Everton striker Jermaine Beckford arrived from Preston, while Huddersfield’s Harry Bunn pitched up at Gigg Lane after rejecting an offer from Ipswich.
And, while Clark makes no bones about Bury’s lofty targets this season, he says the ‘big spenders’ tag is nonsense. “I’ve said a...

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