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Alex Nicholls signs Walsall contract
Friday 4th June 2010, 10:25AM BST.
Walsall striker Alex Nicholls has penned a new two-year contract which keeps him at the Banks’s Stadium until the summer of 2012.
The 22-year-old, who came through the Saddlers’ youth ranks, made 39 appearances in all competitions last term and today put pen-to-paper on a new deal.
Manager Chris Hutchings said: “I’m pleased to have Alex on board.
“He is an important member of the squad and, like last season, I expect to see him competing for a regular place in the starting line-up.
“It is important that the club continues to progress and look to the future and now, with Alex’s long-term future secured, he too can concentrate on his on-going development.”
Stourbridge-born Nicholls follows Manny Smith in pledging his future to the club in the form of a new contract.
But captain Mark Hughes heads a group of seven players still mulling over offers of a new deal.
These include goalkeeper Rene Gilmartin, Julian Gray, Richard Taundry, Daryl Westlake, Will Grigg and Jamie Vincent.
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duh duh du duh! ALEX NICHOLLS!!!
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Well done alex!!!!! Time to move up a gear now & show your real potential personally think he can do a job for us from the off next season
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doesnt it make everyone wonder how committed the other guys are ever going to be to the walsall cause when its taking them this long to sign a new contract??
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