St Patrick’s Athletic striker Christy Fagan has revealed that he turned down a move to Chesterfield to stay with the Saints and is targeting even more success with Liam Buckley’s men next year.
Fagan had been linked with Paul Cook's side through the latter part of the 2014 campaign, but signed a new contract in Inchicore earlier this month.
“I spoke to Chesterfield but I’m happy to be staying at St Pat’s,” Fagan said.
“I’m already looking forward to next year and hopefully winning a couple more trophies.
“We’ll be looking to be closer in the league next year, definitely. We need to be a bit more consistent.
“Personally, I don’t like to set too many targets but I want to get off to a good start and have a good pre-season to start off with.”
Fagan, who was named SSE Airtricity/Soccer Writers’ Association of Ireland Player of the Month for November, said his brace in the FAI Ford Cup final was a fairytale ending after failing to retain the league title.
“It was the best possible way to finish off what was a good season, but a little bit disappointing too with how the league went,” said Fagan.
“Watching that second goal roll in in the cup final, because it was so late, we knew that was it. It was nice to celebrate it into the stand where our fans where. That’s a nice memory.”
In winning the award, Fagan, who was named PFAI player of the year earlier this month, fended off competition for the player of the month crown from team-mates Greg Bolger and Keith Fahey who were second and third, respectively.
