So Clayton Lewis is a no go?
He's back in the UK.
https://www.scodhorpe-united.co.uk/news/2019/october/grimsby-u23s-preview/
This regarding Iron U23s who were to play midweek, but had their game verus Grimsby Town U23s postponed.
"Clayton Lewis is now back from international duty with New Zealand Under-23s too, so comes into contention."
To me it's looked from the outside like a player keen to return to NZ, and a club prepared to let him go.
He's missed about 8 League Two games whilst away with the NZ U23s in Australia & Fiji. Bit odd that Iron were happy for that to happen, when they have been struggling at the bottom of the Football Leagues.
Nix had a look at him in preseason in NSW. His girlfriend now back in NZ.
But maybe Nix just not interested, or them and Scun-thorpe couldn't agree on dollars - given Lewis still has time to run on his contract in the UK?
Now that pricey Hooper is confirmed, Welnix are probably reluctant to spend funds on a "nice to have", rather than "must have" player. Fair enough if so.