11:21am Thursday 20th March 2008
By Dan Kerins
Saints have signed West Ham's Richard Wright on loan for a month.
The 30-year-old shot stopper has previously worked with goalkeeping coach Malcolm Webster at Ipswich.
He has been signed after the three senior goalkeepers - Kelvin Davis, Bartosz Bialkowski and Michael Poke - picked up injuries.
The former England goalkeeper has been kept out of the West Ham side by the form of Robert Green.
Wright signed for The Hammers on a free last summer from Everton, after losing his place to Tim Howard.
The Merseyside club paid £3.5m for his services from Arsenal, who signed him from George Burley's Ipswich in 2001 for £6m.
Now he is hoping to re-establish his career and Saints boss Nigel Pearson sees him as the perfect choice to provide much needed goalkeeping cover with only 17-year-old Academy scholar Andrej Pernecky fit from the club's goalkeepers.
Pearson said: "I am delighted to have got Richard. He is a quality proven keeper with plenty of experience.
"It is a bizarre run of injuries but there is no point being negative. We had to address the situation and I am very pleased to have Richard on board."
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