The 2016 Premier League champions Leicester City have signed Liverpool fourth choice goalkeeper Danny Ward for £12.5m.
Ward leaves Anfield after slipping to fourth choice following the arrival of Alisson for a record £66.8m from Roma.
New signing @dan_ward52 has a message for the City fans 👍
Join us as we #WelcomeWard to #lcfc! 😀 pic.twitter.com/BIL9oKT8VS
— Leicester City (@LCFC) July 20, 2018
Ward, 25, who has made four appearances for Wales but only managed two for Liverpool, has signed a four-year contract and the Reds have included a 20% sell-on clause in the deal.
“I’ve come here to develop my all-round game and hopefully help deliver some more success,” he said.
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Wrexham will get a windfall from the transfer as a sell-on clause was part of the deal that took Ward, who spent the 2016-17 season on loan at Huddersfield, to Liverpool for £100,000 in January 2012.
He is Leicester’s fourth signing of the summer after Ricardo Pereira, Jonny Evans and James Maddison.
Leicester manager Claude Puel said: “Danny will give us even more competition in the squad, which is crucial for us ahead of what will be another very competitive Premier League campaign.”
