Salford City have signed the midfielder Ben Woodburn on a two-year contract at The Peninsula Stadium.
The 24-year-old joins The Ammies following two seasons at Championship side Preston North End, where he made 64 appearances for the club.
Woodburn commented: “I just want to create chances and score goals, hopefully our playing style will be fun for the fans, and hopefully we will have some good games.
“Most teams that I have been at, we’ve been pushing for the top end of the table, so hopefully we can do that here and get Salford back where they should be, near the top of the table.”
Ben started his career at Liverpool as a junior, and still holds the record as the youngest player to have scored a senior goal for the Reds in 2017.
Woodburn went on to make 11 senior appearances on Merseyside, and also has 11 caps for Wales, scoring twice for his country, including a memorable goal during his international debut against Austria in 2017.
Woodburn added: “It was an unreal feeling, I was more than happy just to help the team, but to do it on my debut was unreal.”
Whilst at Liverpool, Woodburn had loan spells away from Anfield at Sheffield United in the Championship and at League One’s Blackpool. He also made 30 appearances for Heart of Midlothian in Scotland.
Woodburn noted that he is looking forward to working once more alongside Karl Robinson. Karl previously managed the midfielder during his loan spell at Oxford United for the 2019-20 season.
“Obviously, I have a bit of a connection as I played under the Gaffer at Oxford, me and him got on really well, and it was a bit of a pull to come here with him also being the manager.
“I really enjoyed my time under Karl, it was a shame it got cut short with an injury that I had, but, I am just really excited to get back playing under him.”
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