Saul Shotton: West Bromwich Albion set to sign former Bury player

Published on: 16 September 2019

Saul Shotton made six first-team appearances for Bury after being given his debut at the age of 16

One of the Bury players left without a club following their expulsion from the English Football League is on the verge of signing for West Bromwich Albion.

Teenage defender Saul Shotton, who played for Albion in a reserve game last week, is set to sign a two-year deal with the the Championship club.

Shotton, 18, a free agent following the Shakers' demise, joined Bury from home town club Stoke City in September 2017.

He made two EFL Trophy appearances two months before his 17th birthday.

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Shotton then started the final four games of the 2017-18 season, but did not make a first-team appearance last term.

He automatically became a free agent when Bury were expelled from the league last month, when the players were told by the Professional Footballers Association that their contracts had ceased.

Bury's 125-year membership of the Football League was ended on 28 August after owner Steve Dale's summer-long attempt to sell the League One club failed.

The Shakers had already cancelled their first five league games and been thrown out of the EFL Cup, for non-fulfilment of a first-round fixture, before the league took the ultimate sanction, following several deadline extensions, when would-be owners C&N Sporting Risk withdrew their interest.

Source: bbc.com

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