LONDON, CMC – Montserrat striker Lyle Taylor agreed to a short-term deal on Thursday with English League 1 membership Wycombe Wanderers to spice up their choices up entrance.
The signing of the 33-year-old striker, who was born in England however represented the British abroad territory on the worldwide stage (being eligible via his grandparents), comes after the membership introduced that fellow striker Brandon Hanlan is unlikely to play for the rest of the season due to a extreme knee damage.
Hanlan broken his anterior cruciate ligament towards Stevenage on Saturday, resulting in a further 14 minutes taking part in within the first half.
“Lyle is hungry to show he’s nonetheless bought targets in his ft,” Wycombe boss Matt Bloomfield stated. “He’s a participant of nice caliber who’s performed at a excessive stage.”
Taylor is a free agent after English Premier League membership Nottingham Forest launched him in the course of the summer season, and he goes straight into the Wycombe squad to face certainly one of his former golf equipment, Wimbledon, within the English Soccer League Trophy event on Saturday at Adams Park on Saturday.
The EFL Trophy is a knock-out event for golf equipment in League 1 and League 2, the third and fourth tiers of the English soccer league system, in addition to the Academy groups of 15 Premier League and one League Championship membership with Class 1 standing.
Capped 15 occasions by Montserrat, Taylor has been a daily thorn within the aspect of the Chairboys, the nickname of Wycombe, scoring 5 occasions in seven appearances towards the membership, successful six.
He turned Wimbledon’s all-time main objective scorer after forming a deadly alliance with a Wycombe icon, Adebayo Akinfenwa, and he additionally helped Charlton Athletic win promotion to the Championship with a prolific goal-scoring document, netting 36 occasions in two seasons.
That type earned Taylor a transfer to Forest, the place he scored towards Birmingham Metropolis within the Championship, and he impressed in a mortgage spell with that very same membership on the finish of the 2021-22 marketing campaign.
Taylor, who has not performed a league match since Could final yr, will put on the No. 30 jersey, and his deal stays topic to EFL and Soccer Affiliation approval.
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