Oxford United are pleased to announce the signing of Kyle Edwards on a season-long loan from Ipswich Town.
The 25-year-old winger started his career at West Bromwich Albion, joining their Academy when he was just six years old. After a successful loan spell at Exeter City during the 2017/18 season, Kyle subsequently left the Hawthorns before joining Ipswich Town, where he made over 40 appearances last season as they won promotion from League 1. Edwards has also represented England at U16, U17 and U20 levels.
“He is one of those players you are always wary of” Liam Manning told oufc.co.uk. “He is very quick and very direct, and that stretches the game. Like Greg Leigh, who joined last week, he knows how to win promotion from this division and we believe we have made another really important signing.
“The Board have been excellent and fully backed what we want to do. Having made a strong start to the season we now need to carry that on, starting on Saturday at home to Port Vale.”
Kyle said: “As soon as I talked to the Manager I was excited about coming here and being involved. I like the way his teams play, the club are very ambitious and they’ve had a really strong start to the season. I’m looking forward to showing the fans what I can do and to helping the team.”
Head of Recruitment, Ed Waldron welcomed Kyle, saying: “He has electric pace, is an exciting player to watch and is a really good character, which is important. That makes eleven new faces this window, and Kyle gives us a few slightly different options, so we are very pleased to have him here.”
Kyle registered in time to be part of the squad that takes on Port Vale at the Kassam Stadium on Saturday.
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