Town have completed the signing of left-back Conor Townsend from West Bromwich Albion.

Townsend has agreed a two-year deal with the Blues understood to have paid £500,000 for his services.

TWTD revealed yesterday lunchtime that Town were in talks regarding the signing of the 31-year-old.

“I’m delighted to be here,” he told the club site. “To play in the Premier League again is a big challenge for me and this kind of opportunity doesn’t come around very often so I jumped at the chance.

“The move came around quite quickly and I’m excited to get started. I have had good conversations with the Manager and everyone speaks very highly of him, so I’m looking forward to getting started and working under him.

“I played against Ipswich twice last season and both were very tough games. What the team was able to achieve last season was special, so I’m excited to be a part of it now.”

The Blues have been after a left-sided full-back all summer with the squad having been light on out-and-out cover for Leif Davis during the second half of last season.

Townsend joined the Baggies from Scunthorpe for £1.5 million in the summer of 2018, coincidentally also having been pursued by Town, then managed by Paul Hurst, who knew him from loan spells at Grimsby.

The Hessle-born defender went on to make 190 starts - 25 in the Premier League having been part of the side which won promotion in 2019/20 - and 23 sub appearances for the Hawthorns club, scoring four goals.

Townsend started his career with local club Hull City and had spells on loan with Grimsby twice, Chesterfield, Carlisle twice, Dundee United and Scunthorpe.

Following his second stint with the Mariners, he made his permanent move to the Iron in 2016, his form for the Lincolnshire side attracting the interest of the Baggies and Town.

Townsend is Town’s sixth signing of the summer and will join up with the squad at their German training camp ahead of the friendlies against Borussia Mönchengladbach and Hoffenheim on Friday and Saturday.

Photo: ITFC/Matchday Images

cranky_old_tractor added 14:59 - Aug 1 Good business for quality, experience and price - up the Towen
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TimmyH added 15:46 - Aug 1 Wiki says 8 other sites 46...doesn't really matter but he played in the play-off games and both times against us so must be 46. He's got the experience no doubt but has he the quality when needed?
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blues1 added 16:21 - Aug 1 TimmyH. Think you'll find he's better defensively than Davis. Which will hopefully help us out in that respect, when he plays. Which may be more than any of us think. Which in turn may alloslwzdaviszto play further forward at times too.
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blues1 added 16:25 - Aug 1 Timmyh. Yer, thats weird on his Wikipedia. Especially as when u 1st Google him it says 44 lge games. Then he obviously played 2 cup games to make up the 46.
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Runner added 17:45 - Aug 1 Ref Chris_ITFC: it may be no video as that member of staff is with the team in Germany, may come later, but I know you were only be light-hearted.
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TimmyH added 20:03 - Aug 1 alloslwzdaviszto...Is this the new Polish winger we're about to sign? :)
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armchaircritic59 added 02:20 - Aug 2 Yes, not the "Wow " factor of a signing, but appears to be solid. Let's not forget a lot of signings have been made up and down the land over the years, of players that appear to be " back ups ", only to go on to prove they are better than that. So let's not put the guy down before he gets the chance to show what he can do.
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bobble added 07:33 - Aug 2 i am going to put $10 on him being our top scorer and player of the year...
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Writtleblue added 09:04 - Aug 2 TimmyH , Morsey was 31 last season and he put a shift and a half in every week.
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MickMccarthyWasRight added 09:56 - Aug 2 Sure would be nice to sign players with more prem experience...
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TimmyH added 12:43 - Aug 2 Morsy has the quality in his position we all know that particularly at braking up opposition play but whether Townsend has at left back in the top league we'll wait to see...as mentioned WBA were soundly relegated in the Prem. Saying that Morsy badly needs a partner in CM as Luongo might find the pace just too much for him.
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