Peterborough United have bolstered their defence with the signing of Nuneaton Town defender Alex Penny.
It took a bit of time to sort out but Posh have finally agreed an undisclosed fee with Nuneaton Town and agreed terms with Alex Penny on a three-year contract.
The 20-year-old had offers on the table from Premiership sides but he would only be playing in their under 23 sides. Penny wanted to play in the real world though and chose to further his career in the Football League with Posh.
Although Penny only signed on the dotted line on Wednesday [19th July], he did make his Posh debut the evening before when Posh hosted Championship side Ipswich Town.
The match against the Tractor Boys was split over four 30-minute periods with two separate teams each playing 60 minutes each. Penny played in the second 60-minute match for Posh alongside Michael Bostwick and teenager Sam Cartwright.
Posh were losing 3-1 after the first match but the defensive trio in the second match kept a clean sheet. He`s certainly not the finished article but he does the simple things well. If he can build on that then Posh should have a decent defender on their books.
After signing for Posh, Penny said: “I heard that there were a few clubs reportedly interested in me, but when I heard that Peterborough wanted me to sign, it was an easy decision to make. I want to be playing football and I will work extremely hard to try and break into the team here. It has been a bit of a whirlwind few days if I am honest.
“I played against Peterborough last week and I knew there was a bit of interest and then on Tuesday I was expecting to be playing in pre-season for Nuneaton, but was told by my agent to get myself to Peterborough to play for them. The players were great in the dressing room, they made me feel welcome and I thought the game went okay.
“Playing in non-league football has been a real learning curve. I decided to leave Hull of my own accord and knew that I would have to work extremely hard to get back to where I want to be. There are a lot of ex-Football League players at non-league level and a lot of young players trying to make their mark in the game. I saw both sides of it.
“The excitement has been there for the last couple of days. I know we are not too far away from the start of the season and I know I have to work really hard in training and in the games to try and get myself in the starting line-up, but that will be the same for everyone in the dressing room, we are all fighting for a shirt,” Penny said.
Manager Grant McCann was pleased to add the 20-year-old to his squad as he said: “I am really pleased to get this one done and credit to the chairman for getting this one over the line. Alex has shown a lot of commitment to us because there were a lot of clubs interested in him. Credit to him that he wants to test himself in league football and not go into an under 23 Premier League side because I know West Brom were very keen.
“He brings different strings to the bow in terms of our defensive options because he can play as a right-sided centre back, a right-back or a right-wing back.”
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