{"id":450436,"date":"2019-06-04T06:43:48","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T10:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=450436"},"modified":"2020-12-28T11:33:54","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T16:33:54","slug":"joe-mason-signs-for-mk-dons-from-wolverhampton-wanderers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2019\/06\/04\/joe-mason-signs-for-mk-dons-from-wolverhampton-wanderers\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Mason Signs For MK Dons From Wolverhampton Wanderers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MK Dons have made their third signing of the summer after securing the services of striker Joe Mason. The 28-year-old moves to Stadium MK from Premier League side <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/wolves-club-analysis-news-fixtures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wolverhampton Wanderers<\/a> on a free transfer. He joins <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/05\/27\/mk-dons-make-hiram-boateng-first-summer-signing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hiram Boateng<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/05\/30\/brennan-dickenson-signs-for-mk-dons-on-free-transfer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brennan Dickenson<\/a> in joining the club this summer.<\/p>\n<h1>MK Dons Sign Joe Mason From Wolverhampton Wanderers<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en-gb\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mason is a Don ?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DonDeal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#DonDeal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fAbgZje8rL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/fAbgZje8rL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MK Dons (@MKDonsFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MKDonsFC\/status\/1135848668202848256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">4 June 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Career So Far<\/h2>\n<p>Mason previously spent two-and-a-half seasons at Wolves having arrived from recently-relegated <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/cardiff-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cardiff City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The former Republic of Ireland U21 international has scored 52 league goals so far in his career, coming from 143 starts.<\/p>\n<p>Having been born in Plymouth, Mason started his career with Plymouth Argyle after coming through their youth ranks. As a teenager, he scored ten times for the Pilgrims which earned his move to Cardiff for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mkdons.com\/news\/2019\/june\/mason-makes-mk-dons-move\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported \u00a3250,000<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mason scored 25 times for the Bluebirds whilst also having multiple loan spells at Bolton Wanderers. His performances for both sides earned him a move to Wolves in January 2016 in a deal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/whats-become-cardiff-city-starlet-12808204\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">thought to be worth \u00a33 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After scoring three minutes into his debut for the club, he would go on to register six goals in 18 starts before spending time on loan at Burton Albion, Colorado Rapids and Portsmouth.<\/p>\n<h2>What They Said<\/h2>\n<div>Upon signing for the club, Mason told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mkdons.com\/news\/2019\/june\/mason-makes-mk-dons-move\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MK Dons website<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019m over the moon to finally get this move done.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThis is a club that has a lot of ambition. They are moving in the right direction and the facilities are so impressive.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe main thing for me, though, was the manager. I\u2019ve heard a lot of good things about Tis (Paul Tisdale) and after I met him, it was a no brainer for me.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cHe talked about the game really well and spoke highly of me and how I would fit into his team. With the vision he has and how he wants to play, I think I\u2019ll fit in really well. I\u2019m looking forward to working under him.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Main Photo<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp; <a id=\"jdWeimruQYRQKjrqYZFGgw\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/820976414\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'jdWeimruQYRQKjrqYZFGgw',sig:'9Ubarse4HPRY9nL11HzHpWclEar9hLgRbnRq3eAaHqg=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'820976414',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MK Dons have made their third signing of the summer after securing the services of striker Joe Mason. The 28-year-old moves to Stadium MK from Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers on a free transfer. He joins Hiram Boateng and Brennan Dickenson in joining the club this summer. 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