Exeter City: Rangers view will have convinced Grecians to take pre-season punt – View Don’t say it too loudly, but there’s a sense of excitement growing around Gary Caldwell’s Grecians this summer.
Exeter City have been busy in the market and have got some deals done early, which is a lovely novelty.
We’ve been treated to some of the greatest hits in the transfer window too, with a loan keeper, a Scottish addition to the McGrecians’ ranks, and a player Caldwell’s worked with in the past all arriving. Vintage stuff.
But this summer there’s been something distinctly new to enjoy and it goes by the name, ‘loan with an option to buy’.
While this phrase is common across the footballing landscape, it’s not one often uttered down at St James Park and it broke into the Grecian lexicon with the arrival of towering defender Johnly Yfeko from Rangers on Tuesday.
This looks like a seriously exciting signing and ticks pretty much every box going in terms of City’s recruitment.
The 6’4” defender is left-footed and comes in to partially fill the Alex Hartridge and Zak Jules-shaped holes in City’s backline.
Exeter still need another left-sided stopper back there but Yfeko certainly goes a long way to shoring up that position.
Former Shrewsbury Town, Exeter City and Motherwell forward Ryan Bowman completes move to Cheltenham Town
Cheltenham Town have completed the signing of experienced forward Ryan Bowman on a one-year deal.
The 32-year-old has spent the last three seasons in League One with Shrewsbury Town, for whom he scored the winner against Cheltenham on the opening day of last term.
Before that he was with Exeter City for three years in League Two, following a spell in the Scottish Premiership with Motherwell.
Bowman has also previously been on the books of Gateshead, York City, Torquay United, Hereford United, Darlington and Carlisle United, with nearly 600 career appearances to his name.
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