BLACKPOOL'S contract offer has got Rhys Evans' head swimming as he ponders whether to swap Swindon for the Seasiders.

The Town goalkeeper is mulling over the deal put to him by the Bloomfield Road outfit after a meeting with Simon Grayson and his assistant Tony Parkes.

As revealed in Saturday's Swindon Advertiser, Evans is in demand by more than one League One manager and it seems a touch of friends reunited' has triggered Blackpool's interest.

One of Evans' closest friends in football is Seasiders' skipper Peter Clarke.

The pair were in the same year group at the FA School at Lilleshall, represented England at various levels together and their respective families have remained in touch ever since.

Evans said: "I went up there to meet Simon Grayson and Tony Parkes. They looked after me very well.

"They talked about the future and made it clear that they want me to be part of it.

"They have offered me something (a contract) and obviously I now have to think about it. I stayed with Peter (Clarke) while I was up there and it was good to talk to him and get his views on the club."

The Seasiders are about to welcome Latvian millionaire Valery Bekon on board and that will mean a cash injection for the manager's playing budget.

However, it shouldn't be seen as a cut and dried deal. It isn't!

Evans admits interest from other parties is a double-edged sword.

It just makes an already difficult decision even more difficult.

He is still hoping for a further discussion with deputy chairman Mark Devlin over the offer Town have put to him and he also had a brief chat with Iffy Onuora over the weekend.

He said: "I'm finding it very hard to put it all into context."

There is also more than simply football to consider.

Switching to Blackpool would mean uprooting his family and leaving behind all those close to him in his home town.

Evans said: "I had a chat with Mr Devlin about the club's original offer and I am waiting for him to get back to me.

"As it stands, the deal isn't acceptable to me but in fairness I should stress that I made clear at the time it was put to me that I didn't want to get into discussions then.

"I wanted to focus 100 per cent on trying to keep the club up."