German goalkeeper Jonas Sela has returned to Town for a second trial more than two years after his previous spell at the club. The 26-year-old, who was last here in October 2007, has been back with the Blues since last week after Town asked his club SpVgg Weiden if they could take another look at him.
Sela is currently the second choice keeper at Weiden, having lost his place earlier in the season after a run in which he conceded 16 goals in four games for the Regionalliga Süd (fourth tier of German football) side.
The 6ft 2½in tall keeper played youth football with FC Köln, TV Herkenrath, SSG Bergisch Gladbach and RS 19 Waldbröl before joining Arminia Bielefeld in 2003, where he played for their reserves.
A year later the Bensburg-born stopper moved to Fortuna Köln and in the summer of 2005 he switched to Bundesliga side FSV Mainz 05, where he spent two seasons but made only one seven-minute substitute appearance in the German top flight.
After his unsuccessful trial with the Blues in 2007, Sela spent a similar spell at Brighton but eventually joined Dutch Eerste Divisie (second tier) club MVV Maastricht, before moving on to SpVgg Bayreuth in the Oberliga Bayern (German fifth tier) and then his current club.
Back in 2007, Sela was recommended by former England striker Tony Woodcock, who is now an agent in Germany and who previously represented former Blue Danny Sonner.
Town boss Roy Keane has said on a number of occasions that he likes to have three goalkeepers in his squad and, with Richard Wright out for most of the season with his knee ligament injury, is likely to be looking at cover for Arran Lee-Barrett and Brian Murphy. The Irishman’s ankle problem is not expected to keep him out for too much longer.
In December, former Austrian U21 international keeper Michael Langer, who currently plays in Germany with SC Freiburg, spent time on trial with the Blues but failed to win a contract.