Salisbury surprised fans on social media yesterday by signing up former Premier League player Leroy Lita.
The 34 year old striker, who spent majority of his time at Bristol City, Reading and Middlesbrough is described to have ‘vast league experience’, spending two seasons in the top flight.
He earned nine Under 21 caps whilst with the Royals and after they were relegated to the Championship he revived his Premier League involvement with Swansea City in 2011.
Nice! ? https://t.co/WqFCiaYltO
— Salisbury FC (@SalisburyFC) September 27, 2019
Other clubs to have played for are Barnsley, Yeovil Town and Margate along with loan spells at Norwich City, Birmingham City, Sheffield Wednesday, Brighton and Notts County, scoring over 100 goals.
He joins Salisbury with 18 year old midfielder Gabriel Rogers on a loan from the Glovers.
Both will be available for their game against Hartley Wintney this afternoon and Lita could even face his old club Margate next week in the FA Cup Third Qualifying Round.
Welcome to the Ray Mac Leroy Lita & Gabriel Rogershttps://t.co/281vjQSIwb pic.twitter.com/fHo6Z6Htbm
— Salisbury FC (@SalisburyFC) September 27, 2019
Manager Steve Claridge was pleased with the signings, saying: “We have taken steps to cater for a potentially very busy period ahead, when we could be involved in two games a week. Both players trained with us this week and showed a great attitude.
“Leroy and Gabriel were both eager to join us, and although initially these are short-term arrangements I am hopeful that their involvement will continue, depending of course on how things work out.”
Fans took to social media to give their reaction to Salisbury signing Leroy Lita – see those tweets on the next page.
(Featured photo for the article by Adam Thurston)
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