Defender Jack’s the lad for Ton
MORTON have snapped up Australia youth internationalist Jack Iredale on a free transfer.
Iredale, who was born in Greenock before moving Down Under as a child, was released by A-League side Perth Glory in the summer and has been on trial at Cappielow for several weeks.
The 21-year-old impressed during outings against Turriff United, Largs Thistle, and Dunoon Amateurs and has done enough to earn a contract until January 2017.
Morton have received international clearance for the promising centre-back and Iredale could make his debut against Edinburgh City in the Betfred Cup tomorrow.
Ton boss Jim Duffy said: “Jack has played in a few matches and been training with us for the last few weeks.
He’s left sided, he’s a strong boy, has good balance, good use of the ball, is aggressive with good physicality about him, so he’s got a lot of attributes.
“He’s a young lad who doesn’t really have any experience in this country, so we’re not 100 per cent sure of what level he can reach, but certainly in training he looks very accomplished and very comfortable.
“So, sometimes you go with that, but the bottom line is we need to see him in competitive matches, and until you throw someone in, you don’t really know for sure.
“But we think he has potential and that’s the reason why we’ve invited him to sign until the end of this year initially with a view to perhaps taking it a stage further.”