Tuesday, 22nd July, 2014
West Bromwich Albion have confirmed the signing of Liverpool defender Andre Wisdom on a season-long loan deal.
The 21-year-old, who spent the last season on loan at Championship side Derby County, underwent a successful medical at the Hawthorns this morning.
Wisdom will now jet off to meet his new team-mates at West Brom’s pre-season training camp in Sacramento, California.
The full-back joined Liverpool’s youth set-up from Bradford City in 2008 and has thus far made 22 appearances in all competitions for the club, scoring once.
And West Brom head coach Alan Irvine, who revealed he had a chat with Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers regarding the transfer, was delighted with the signing of the versatile England Under-21 international.
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“I’m delighted to welcome Andre to the club”, he told West Brom’s official site.
“I've spoken to Brendan Rodgers, who I've known for a very long time and who I trust implicitly. He said Andre would do a good job for us. That was reassuring.
“You want to find out about the person. You can see the player but you want to find out what they are like as a person. Brendan spoke very, very highly about him.
“He's a versatile lad. He's played as a right-back for Liverpool in the Premier League last season, he also played as a full-back for Derby.
“He grew up as a centre-back and played on the left side of central defence for Liverpool against Preston on Saturday.”
Wisdom, who has a further year left on his present deal with Liverpool, has represented England at various youth levels.
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