'Genuine X-Factor qualities' see Kofi Moore become Chester signing number six
Young winger arrives on a one-year deal from Bamber Bridge in the league below
Chester have made their sixth signing of the summer with the addition of talented young winger Kofi Moore from Bamber Bridge.
Moore has signed a one-year deal at the Deva Stadium and follows Luke Hewitson, Sam Reed, Dominic McHale, George Burroughs and Jacob Hazel into the club as boss Phil Parkinson shapes a new era at the football club.
Moore, 21, who plays on the right, had an impressive campaign with Northern Premier League side Bamber Bridge last season, joining the club following his release from Oldham Athletic, the club where he came through the youth system, last summer.
During his time with the Boundary Park outfit he had numerous successful loan spells further down the pyramid with the likes of Nantwich Town, twice; Guiseley, and Workington AFC.
He fits the profile of player that Parkinson has wanted to try and bring, one who he feels he can develop within a structured full-time training model.
“Kofi is a young exciting winger who has come through at Oldham Athletic, he has shown some really strong signs during his time at Bamber Bridge,” said Parkinson, who had Moore on his radar as a summer target having kept tabs on him for the second half of the season.
“He’s a direct, aggressive wide player who wants to get at people in 1v1 situations, make things happen and affect games in the final third.
“During his time in the Northern Premier League he’s shown he can both score and create goals, including picking up Goal of the Month at Bamber Bridge for one of his moments of magic.
“He’s exactly the type of profile we want to recruit here, hungry, fearless and with genuine X-factor qualities. Another creator and goalscorer added to the ranks, something important to us regarding the identity of the team.”
Further additions will be confirmed over the next week, with two centre backs among those set to arrive, while Parkinson will also run the rule over a number of trialists and returning first-year pros from last year when the squad returns for pre-season training at the end of this month.
Looks like another potential development signing.
Have any of the 4 Four players - Jack Bainbridge, Billy Davies, Tom Peers and Nathan Woodthorpe - activated their contact options only heard Peers and Bainbridge would like to stay
I suppose that getting most of the business done early is that he has got most of his squad in on day one of training.
I was feeling somewhat disappointed seeing all our "star players" from the last ten games of the season going, but am very encouraged by the activity in the last couple of weeks.
God I hope we gel and compete at the top end, I am so fed up with this league.