IRATE Bacup Borough boss Brent Peters has fired a broadside at the spending culture in the lower levels of non-league football after his talismanic striker Tommy Turner doubled his money by quitting West View.

Peters insists the only reason the 30-goal striker left for fellow Vodkat Premier Division outfit New Mills was because of the cash on offer in Derbyshire.

And he stormed: “Tommy has been offered double his wages by New Mills. It is scary. With what they are paying him and with what he gets from his job, he is probably earning more than a lot of players in League Two.

“As a bloke, I can’t blame the lad for moving. But as a manager, I believe Tommy has gone for the wrong reasons.

“There should be a limit on what players can be paid in the Vodkat League because this is a ridiculous situation.”

Peters is determined to replace Turner but has been turned down by Nelson’s Sam Heap.

However, he could be set to pull off a major coup by snatching ex-Liverpool striker Jon Newby from under the noses of Accrington Stanley, who are believed to be monitoring the hot shot.