Notts County have made the short term signing of goalkeeper Luke Steele as back up for the injured Sam Slocombe who could miss out on action for the next few weeks.<\/p>\n
Peterborough born Steele now 36, most recently played for Nottingham Forest but started out at his home town club before moving to Manchester United as a youngster, going on to play for the likes of Coventry, Barnsley and Panathinaikos in Greece where he made 66 Greek Super League appearances.<\/p>\n
At Forest who he joined in 2018, he was largely a back-up goalkeeper and made just a couple of first team appearances before a loan move to Millwall, the former England Youth and U20 international is likely to feature in County\u2019s match at the weekend against Torquay United with Manager Ian Burchnall stating \u201cSam injured his groin at the weekend. He needs a scan but it looks like it\u2019s going to be at least a couple of weeks, maybe a little bit longer.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve had to act really quickly \u2013 it\u2019s not an easy market to pick someone up in – but I think we\u2019ve done really well to bring Luke in.\u201d<\/p>\n
On signing for Notts County, Steele delighted to be back playing football after being released by Forest in August, said \u201cThis club is fighting for something very important, which is exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel really energised and excited to get back into it. I can\u2019t wait to get on the training pitch and see where I am from there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Notts face third placed Torquay at Plainmoor on Saturday currently eighth and a place outside the playoffs but with games in hand still on those around them, a win would take the side back into the mix with still plenty of games left in the season for Notts and Steele to target promotion.<\/p>\n