{"id":558904,"date":"2020-07-20T12:30:52","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T16:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=558904"},"modified":"2020-12-28T11:27:16","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T16:27:16","slug":"bolton-wanderers-confirm-signing-of-defender-george-taft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/07\/20\/bolton-wanderers-confirm-signing-of-defender-george-taft\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolton Wanderers Confirm Signing of Defender George Taft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bolton Wanderers have made their third signing of the summer by bringing in Cambridge United defender George Taft. The 26-year-old joins <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/06\/17\/antoni-sarcevic-to-leave-plymouth-argyle-in-the-summer\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Antoni Sarcevic<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/06\/24\/eoin-doyle-offered-new-deal-by-swindon-town\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eoin Doyle<\/a> in making the move to the club as <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/07\/01\/ian-evatt-bolton-wanderers-confirm-managerial-appointment\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new manager Ian Evatt<\/a> continues his shaping of the squad.<\/p>\n<p>Taft signs for Bolton on a two-year deal.<\/p>\n<h2>George Taft Signs for Bolton Wanderers<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u270d\ufe0f\ud83c\udffb Bolton Wanderers is delighted to announce the signing of central defender \ud835\uddda\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf4\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\udde7\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddf3\ud835\ude01 on a two-year deal.<\/p>\n<p>Read more \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffb <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yIfuZyzwsb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/yIfuZyzwsb<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BWFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#BWFC<\/a> \ud83d\udc18\ud83c\udff0<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bolton Wanderers (@OfficialBWFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialBWFC\/status\/1285243043474538496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Taft&#8217;s Career<\/h3>\n<p>The 26-year-old started out in the academy at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/leicester-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leicester City<\/a> but did not make an appearance for the first-team. He instead spent time out on loan at Kettering Town, Karlstad BK and York City before making a permanent move to Burton Albion.<\/p>\n<p>Two years at Burton yielded 34 appearances and one goal overall, but some of this time was spent on loan at Cambridge.<\/p>\n<p>Taft joined Mansfield Town in 2016, but spent two separate spells on loan at Cambridge again before joining the club permanently at the start of the 2018\/19 season.<\/p>\n<p>In his two years with the U&#8217;s, he made 100 appearances in all competitions, scoring four goals.<\/p>\n<h3>What Was Said?<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking to the club website about his move to Bolton, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bwfc.co.uk\/news\/2020\/july\/central-defender-become-wanderers-third-new-signing-of-the-summer\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Taft said<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019m so pleased. I\u2019m absolutely buzzing to have signed for this club and get it over the line to be a Bolton Wanderers player.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe signings Ian has already made show what he is about and what he wants from the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be exciting to be part of a quality squad of players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bwfc.co.uk\/news\/2020\/july\/central-defender-become-wanderers-third-new-signing-of-the-summer\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evatt added<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019m delighted to have signed George, a 6ft 4in tall, left-footed defender who has an excellent pedigree having played for England youth teams and coming through the Leicester City academy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"2ODaOtaJR9BYbudxb-JHww\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1183621267\" target=\"_blank\" 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:'2ODaOtaJR9BYbudxb-JHww',sig:'oHKinali17OUI473MlFoZG1CQEr5EiF8HUkoyTbrTec=',w:'594px',h:'419px',items:'1183621267',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>Bolton Wanderers have made their third signing of the summer by bringing in Cambridge United defender George Taft. The 26-year-old joins Antoni Sarcevic and Eoin Doyle in making the move to the club as new manager Ian Evatt continues his shaping of the squad. Taft signs for Bolton on a two-year deal. 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