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Foxes snare teenage Worley

07 Mar 2008 - 08:30:08

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Leicester City have won the race to sign teenage defender Harry Worley from Chelsea.

Worley, 19, will join the Foxes on an initial loan basis before putting pen to paper on a permanent three-and-a-half year contract in the summer.

The teenager had been attracting interest from several other Championship clubs but impressed Foxes boss Ian Holloway during a recent trial.

"Harry is another young player to add to some of the wonderful ones we have already got here," he told the club's official website.

"He chose not to stay at Chelsea even though they wanted him to sign a new deal.

"He's 6'3" and is as quick as hell. We see him developing into a very decent centre-half.

"It may seem to be a bit of a strange one considering where we are in the table, but we are looking at it long-term.

"We might need him between now and the end of the season, but for now he is one to tuck in and leave underneath."