Perth Glory deny link between Alistair Edwards' axing and move to end son's loan spell Luke Brattan of the Roar and Ryan Edwards of the Glory compete for the ball during round eight. Perth Glory said an inquiry about cancelling Ryan Edwards' loan deal was made to allow coach Kenny Lowe more freedom to shape his squad and had nothing to do with the fallout from the sacking of Edwards' father, Alistair, as coach of the club. Glory football operations manager Ante Kovacevic inquired whether English club Reading would be interested in a return for Edwards in January to free places in the squad, as the young midfielder would struggle for game time for the rest of the season. After signing experienced midfielders Rostyn Griffiths and former Serbian youth international Nebojsa Marinkovic midweek, Kovacevic said Edwards would likely face a lengthy period on the sidelines, prompting the club to ask about ending his deal. "From a player's point of view, his game time may be limited here, that's the coach's choice," he said. We've brought in a foreigner and Rostyn Griffiths so our midfield stocks are pretty full ... We just wanted to get the feeling of where Reading was regarding Ryan rather than a request to terminate. We released Ryo Nagai who was a loan player as well, so it makes sense that somebody like Ryan, who's contracted to Reading, [to ask] if they were keen to have him back this year but obviously he's with us and we're happy to keep him. The English Championship club responded by asking Perth to keep the player for the rest of the season, having made other signings based around Edwards' departure. The Glory denied their inquiry to end Edwards' stay at the club was made due to lingering tensions within the dressing room following the sacking of his father in December. Edwards senior was stood down after losing the faith of senior players due to allegations of nepotism towards his sons, Ryan and Cameron. Kovacevic denied those allegations by saying the fact Ryan has featured under Lowe showed they were at the club on merit. That [nepotism] is a word I was fearing would come up when he [Alistair Edwards] signed them. Both Cameron and Ryan have played since Kenny has taken over," Kovacevic said. Ryan's obviously figured under Kenny, he's played under Kenny before in the local NTC [National Training Centre] programs ... there's always going to be a different mood when new coaches come in.