Accrington Stanley have today finished the finalizing of protector Lewis Shipley from Norwich City on a season-long loan.
Born in Cambridge; Shipley signed up with City as a seven-year-old and advanced through numerous age at Carrow Road, with the 19-year-old just recently signing an agreement extension to stay at the club up until 2025.
He made an overall of 33 Premier League 2 looks for The Canaries throughout 2021/22 and 2022/23 as Alan Neilson’s side ended up 5th and 6th respectively, with Shipley missing out on simply 2 video games throughout last season.
John Coleman said: “Lewis showed up today, he is extremely thought about at Norwich, he ticks packages for what we require. We require a left-footed protector and he has actually impressed in training. Hopefully he will go on and succeed for the first string.
“It will help he already understands Brad (Hills). Lewis is a practical lad and has a good head on his shoulders and a good character. I expect everybody’s sake it exercises.”
Lewis included: “I have actually played all my academy life with Brad and it will make both of our very first loans simpler having each other here however we are here to do a job.
“It’s a brand-new environment, brand-new location, brand-new individuals however I seem like I have actually been all set for this for a while and I am eagerly anticipating the difficulty.
“Accrington is an excellent club, I wish to do my finest and get as numerous League Two video games under my belt as I can. We have actually all can be found in, seem like we are all set to dip into this level and we will show John Coleman right for putting his faith in us.
“I have actually enjoyed a reasonable couple of League Two video games and, compared to Under-23s video games, it is really various. The quicker the video game is, the more it matches me so I believe this physicality in League Two will be much better for me than 23s football.”
A complete interview video with Lewis will be published to the club’s main YouTube channel later on today, CLICK ON THIS LINK to discover more!
The relocation goes through EFL and FA ratification.
