Mawene who was on around £5,000 a week at Deepdale was offered a new deal with reduced terms of £3,000 a week. It is thought Mawene was unhappy witht he pay cut and decided to look elsewhere.
Irvine coveted the defender and wants to take him to Sheffield Wednesday but has admitted in local press that wages are the main stumbling block and like with Neil Mellor Sheff Wed will be unable to afford the terms that Mawene was on at Deepdale.