Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Blues clinch Spector deal and Hughton feels USA defender will be a big asset

Birmingham City have completed the signing of former West Ham United defender Jonathan Spector on a free transfer and has signed a two-year contract at Birmingham and is expected to be a 'big asset'.

The versatile 25-year-old, who can also play in midfield, arrives at St Andrew's on a 2 year deal and becoming boss Chris Hughton's seventh signing of this window and the USA international spent 5 years in the Hammers before being released this summer and Hughton feels he will be a big asset and the "Jonathan is a player who has got experience of playing in the Premier League and as an international for America so he has good credentials," Hughton told the club's official website.

International career for a In 2003, Spector played in the United States national team for the World Under-17 Championship in Finland and earned his first cap for the senior team on November 17, 2004, in a World Cup qualifier against Jamaica and the  2005, Spector was part of the U.S. Under-20 team and the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands and as the 2005–06 Premier League season approached its conclusion was considered a long shot in a included in the United States World Cup squad.

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