George Long has been confirmed as Millwall’s first signing of the summer season – with the goalkeeper penning a two-year contract.
The stopper, 27, was set to be a free agent initially of July when his Hull City deal expired.
And our web site broke the information final week that Long, additionally linked with Charlton Athletic, had agreed phrases on a transfer to SE16.
The former Sheffield United teenager’s problem is to dislodge Bart Bialkowski from the beginning line-up. Bialkowski has gained back-to-back Player of the Season awards since arriving from Ipswich Town.
Long has made greater than 250 senior appearances, 152 of these in League One. He was a part of Hull’s title-winning squad within the 2020-21 marketing campaign however they opted in opposition to triggering an possibility in his contract which might have elevated his wages.
Millwall had a emptiness for a keeper after Frank Fielding was launched.
Long headed to South London yesterday to complete the paperwork on his contract.
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