{"id":569696,"date":"2020-10-16T10:48:49","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T14:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=569696"},"modified":"2020-12-21T20:02:55","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T01:02:55","slug":"jake-hesketh-completes-crawley-town-loan-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/10\/16\/jake-hesketh-completes-crawley-town-loan-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Hesketh Completes Crawley Town Loan Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/southampton\/\" target=\"_self\">Southampton midfielder Jake Hesketh<\/a> has completed a season-long loan move to League Two club Crawley Town. The news follows the midfielder&#8217;s last loan move to Lincoln City where he made 20 appearances, scoring just the one goal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Now at Crawley, he&#8217;ll be hoping to kick on and get some crucial minutes under his belt, starting with the game against Morecambe on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Hesketh Completes Crawley Loan Move<\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udd8a Jake Hesketh is a Red!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SouthamptonFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@SouthamptonFC<\/a> midfielder joins the Reds on a season-long loan\ud83d\udc47<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ioh7sdvoAC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/ioh7sdvoAC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TownTeamTogether?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TownTeamTogether<\/a>\ud83d\udd34<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Crawley Town FC (@crawleytown) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/crawleytown\/status\/1317103019750731777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Crawley Searching for Consistency\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">With just seven points from the opening five league games, Crawley will be hoping to progress with the signing of Hesketh and stretch further away from any potential relegation troubles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Starting with the game against Morecambe, they&#8217;ll be desperate to gain consistency and, in the process, a crucial three points.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What Was Said?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crawleytownfc.com\/news\/2020\/october\/jake-new-signing\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Speaking to the club website<\/a>, head coach John Yems said:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;I am glad we have Jake on board. He is a very good acquisition and I think he can bring a lot to us. I\u2019d also like to thank Southampton, it\u2019s good to see a Premier League club helping us out and let\u2019s hope Jake has a successful time here.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Technical Director Erdem Konyar said after seeing the deal secured:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cJake is a coup for the club. I\u2019m delighted to see a player of his calibre enter our premises. 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