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Exclusive: Huddersfield and Rotherham Consider Move for Free Agent Adam Reach
Huddersfield Town and Rotherham United are considering signing free agent Adam Reach, who is keen to secure a permanent deal after being released by West Brom and Wycombe Wanderers. The midfielder is looking to continue his career in the Championship as the summer transfer window deadline approaches. If you’re keeping an eye on all the latest football moves, you can also discover the best bet sites with welcome bonus offers to make your matchday predictions even more exciting.
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Huddersfield Town and Rotherham United are both exploring a potential deal to sign free agent Adam Reach, SportsBoom can exclusively reveal. With the transfer window heating up, fans and punters alike are already looking ahead if you want to place some informed bets while following moves like Reach’s, check out our guide to the best football betting sites in UK to stay ahead of the action.
The 32-year-old midfielder spent the second half of last season at League One outfit Wycombe Wanderers.
But our sources have learnt the former Middlesbrough, Sheffield Wednesday and West Brom utility man is desperate to secure a permanent deal with the new season having already started.
For only the second time in his professional career, Reach is without a club having been released by the Baggies at the end of the 2023-24 season and then by the Chairboys after his short-term deal expired in June.
He has been training with the Professional Footballers’ Association’s pre-season squad, set up to help out-of-contract players keep fit before hopefully securing deals.
The summer transfer window shuts on Monday 1st September at 7pm and Reach is hoping he can agree a deal to play his 16th season as a professional.
Reach, a former England Under-21 international, joined the Baggies in August 2021 on a three-year deal and played 71 league games for the club across three seasons.
He joined Wycombe in February last season and played 12 games for the club, but was not offered a deal to stay for this season.
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But now the Terriers and Millers have expressed an interest in trying to sign Reach to add Championship experience to their squad, with both clubs looking to challenge for promotion out of League One.
"The longevity of a player's career is going up because we can all stay fitter for longer,” said Reach.
“But at the same time, there's been a shift in transfer policy where the players clubs want to sign are getting younger and younger."
"Physically, I've still got potentially six, seven, eight years left. But when teams are focusing on players under the age of 23, that makes 31 sound quite old."
“It's kind of a scary situation. Okay, you're not going to be able to flip me in two years' time and make a profit of £10million. But there are other components to building a team, like experience."
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