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Walsall seal deal for Adam Chambers
Friday 8th July 2011, 10:00AM BST.
Walsall today completed the signing of former Albion player Adam Chambers.
The midfielder has penned a one-year deal at the Banks’s Stadium, after rejecting a fresh offer to stay at Leyton Orient.
Saddlers boss Dean Smith is a big admirer of the 30-year-old former Baggies man, who he sees as the ideal signing for his engine room.
The pair worked together for three years at Brisbane Road, when Smith was assistant to Martin Ling, and Sandwell-born Chambers has made 195 appearances for the Os.
The manager said: “As soon as I found out that Leyton Orient were willing to let Adam go, I had no hesitation in speaking to him about a move here.
“I know him very well both as a player and a person. He is a great professional who will give us energy and a touch of quality.
“He knows this league inside out and has also played at a higher level earlier in his career, so I am delighted to have him on board.”
The Saddlers needed to boost their midfield options after failing to agree terms with Matt Richards, Julian Gray and Emmanuel Ledesma.
Smith doesn’t expect Richards or Gray to return, while Ledesma went back to Argentina at the end of last season and the club have not heard from him.
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Great signing Deano….although another one year deal! No wonder we lost Matt Gill.
Would like to see the Saddlers offer two years to certain players.
C’mon the Saddlers!
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Good signing – surprised it’s only for 1 year though. We look to have a decent spine to the side this season: Walker, Butler, Chambers and Macken; compare that to Brain, Smith, Richards and Nicholls this time last year. Talking of Richards: where is he going? As for Gray: will he find out that the grass is not necessarily greener elsewhere. And Ledesma – he seems to be a typical Argentinian in that he does what he wants and doesn’t care about his manager, team-mates and supporters.
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It’s a one year deal with the option of a second year if the club want to take it, same as we did with Macken this year. Win win for the club in my eyes
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Good signing Walsall.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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