Released Blues left-back Stephen Ward has joined League Two Walsall on a one-year contract.
The 35-year-old departed Portman Road at the end of 2020/21 having made 30 starts and one sub appearance in his only season with Town.
"It’s exciting,” the former Republic of Ireland international told the official Walsall website.
"I have been in with the lads training for a couple of days now, having a look at the place and I am really impressed with how the head coach [Matthew Taylor ] is trying to go about his business and his ambition for the season.
"I have been really impressed from speaking to the head coach and I am really excited to get going this year.”
Head Coach Taylor previously played alongside Ward at Burnley and is looking forward to working with him again.
"Stephen is someone who I have played with and has huge experience in the game,” he added.
"He’s a player that’s played at the top and for him to have a leadership role within the group in terms of what he can offer with his experience and more importantly, what he can offer on the pitch. We’re extremely happy to have someone of Stephen’s quality joining the club.
"The biggest thing for him is he wants to be part of the journey that we’re on at this football club so from my perspective, I’ve always spoken about good people first, followed by a good player and Stephen fits the mould.
"It will be great for other players in the group to learn from him because he’s a fantastic professional and somebody that’s got huge experience domestically and internationally but more importantly, he still wants to be successful and we hope he can help us to do that here.”