West Brom complete Jason Davidson signing

Australia international Jason Davidson today completed his move to West Brom from Dutch side Heracles Almelo.

The 23-year-old left-back has penned a two-year deal, plus a further year's option in the club's favour, after passing a Hawthorns medical.

He has joined for an undisclosed fee after impressing in Australia's World Cup Group B fixtures against Holland, Spain and Chile in Brazil.

Head coach Alan Irvine said: "I'm delighted we've been able to complete a deal for Jason. He had a fantastic World Cup when he performed very well against three top teams.

"Jason is a good defender who has lots of energy, gets forward well and will give us competition for places at left-back with Sebastien Pocognoli.

"Due to contractual issues with his former club, there's been a delay in Jason coming. This means he hasn't trained properly since the World Cup so he's going to need a little bit of time to catch up before we can expect him to perform at the levels he's capable of.

"I spoke to Tim Cahill about Jason and he recommended him highly, both as a player and character. Tim sees him as a young player who will do extremely well in England and develop even further."

Davidson becomes the Baggies' seventh summer signing after Craig Gardner, Joleon Lescott, Chris Baird, Brown Ideye, Sebastien Pocognoli and Andre Wisdom.

The Melbourne-born defender spent three years as a teenager in the Japanese youth development system before playing for Hume City in Australia.

He joined Portuguese outfit Pacos de Ferreira in 2009 before joining Heracles two years later.

Albion technical director Terry Burton said: "We were monitoring Jason before the World Cup and gathered reports on him.

"The World Cup highlighted he is a player with great potential.

"During the World Cup he played against some top players in Arjen Robben, Alexis Sanchez and many others.

"He showed in those games he can hold his own against quality players."

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