Sheffield Wednesday have reportedly agreed another new signing.
Sheffield Wednesday look like they’re closing in on their first signing of the summer transfer window, with free agent goalkeeper Ben Hamer set to join.
It was recently revealed that Hamer, 36, is set to join Sheffield Wednesday on a free transfer following his Watford release at the end of last season.
He looks set to become Danny Rohl’s first summer signing after the German agreed a new three-year contract with the Owls soon after the end of last season.
Other names remain on Wednesday’s radar, including Ian Poveda who’s set to leave Leeds United as a free agent at the end of this month.
The likes of Karamoko Dembele, Ovie Ejaria, and Charlie Goode have also been linked, with Sheffield Wednesday keen on returns for James Beadle and Ike Ugbo too.
But after Hamer, it looks like Sheffield Wednesday have now agreed another new signing; Yan Valery.
Yan Valery ‘agrees’ to join Sheffield Wednesday, reports L’Equipe
An emerging report from French outlet L’Equipe has revealed that Angers defender Valery, 25, has ‘agreed with Sheffield Wednesday’.
The report adds that Valery and Sheffield Wednesday are now ‘discussing the terms of a transfer’ after they reached a ‘contractual agreement’.
Valery, who Rohl worked with at Southampton previously, is under contract at Angers until 2026, and so will require some kind of transfer fee.
A Tunisian international right-back, Valery began his career with Rennes before joining Southampton in 2015, signing for their youth ranks.
He made his Premier League debut in 2018 and eventually went on to make 53 total appearances for the Saints, with 43 of those coming in the Premier League.
French-born Valery has made seven Championship appearances, all coming during a loan spell with Birmingham City in the 2020/21 campaign.
Last season, Valery featured 35 times in Ligue 2, claiming four assists as Angers finished 2nd in Ligue 2, earning promotion to the French top tier.
Where will Yan Valery fit in at Sheffield Wednesday
Valery is predominantly a right-back, but he can also play slightly further up the pitch or more centrally in defence.
He brings a degree of versatility, but it’s on the right where he’ll likely be deployed, and he’ll give some great back-up for the impressive Pol Valentin.
Right now, Valentin is the only contracted right-back for next season with Dominic Iorfa out of contract; Valery arriving might yet mean Iorfa moving on.
Angers more often than not played with a back-four. Rohl swapped between a back-four and back-five at times, with Valentin more suited to playing in a back-five as a wing-back.
Valery arriving gives Rohl a bit more freedom with the shape of his defence, whilst also giving Valentin so welcome competition and cover.
And the fact that Valery has worked with Rohl in the past may help him to bed into the side quicker.
All in all, if Sheffield Wednesday aren’t having to pay a huge transfer fee, Valery looks like a very decent signing.
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