Shropshire Star

Wolves eyeing up goalkeeper Will Norris from Cambridge

Wolves are close to signing Cambridge United goalkeeper Will Norris, the Express & Star understands.

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Will Norris (Photo: Kevin Richards)

The 23-year-old has been first choice keeper with the League Two club for the past 18 months.

Norris worked his way up from non-league football, starting out with Hatfield Town and Royston Town before joining Cambridge in 2012.

Norris, who's featured 92 times for the Us, played at Molineux last season and saved a penalty from James Henry in a 2-1 League Cup win for Wolves.

Norris would be the second goalkeeper to join in quick succession after Wolves completed a deal to sign John Ruddy on a two-year deal on Monday morning.

The need to reinforce the goalkeeping department increased with last week's devastating news about Carl Ikeme's leukaemia diagnosis, but Wolves were already in the market for keepers with Andy Lonergan expected to leave in the near future.

Lonergan wasn't with the squad that travelled to Austria on Monday, with Harry Burgoyne and Scottish Under-21 international Jack Ruddy joining John Ruddy on the flight.