Nottingham Forest youngster Danny Preston has joined Grimsby Town on loan.
The Reds Under-23s full-back will spend the season with the League Two side, although it is said the deal will be reviewed in January.
Preston spent time on loan at Alfreton last term, making three appearances, and will now look to make the step up in divisions.
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“I’ve managed to get him from Nottingham Forest, he’s been with their first-team for the last few weeks,” Town boss Ian Holloway said.
“I’m absolutely delighted to add him to our group.
“He’s really fresh, he wants to get forward, he wants to play football.
“He’s an attacking left-back and I’m made up that I’ve got him.”
Holloway says there was competition for Preston’s signature, but his relationship with Forest academy chief Gary Brazil helped secure the switch.
“He’s flying, absolutely flying, I’m delighted to have him,” he told GrimsbyLive of Preston.
“I’m very, very lucky to have Danny Preston.
“At Nottingham Forest, they’ve got a brilliant youth set-up, I was terrified he was going to do so well he’d end up playing for the first-team and they would keep him.
“Luckily for me, Gary Brazil and I go back a long way and he wanted to come to me.
“A first division club wanted him, but they wanted him to come to us, so I’m absolutely delighted to have him.”
The 20-year-old left-back has been a regular for Forest’s youth sides for a number of years, most recently with the Under-23s.
Announcing the deal, the Reds academy said on Twitter: “Best of luck to @d_preston3 who joins @officialgtfc on a season-long loan.”
