Liverpool goalkeeper Danny Ward agrees new deal - and will now join Huddersfield on loan10:30, 11 JUL 2016
BY JAMES PEARCE
Welsh international has agreed five-year contract but will spend season in Championship
Liverpool goalkeeper Danny Ward has agreed terms on a new five-year contract prior to joining Huddersfield Town on a season-long loan.
The Wales international will link up with the Championship outfit once he has penned the long-term deal.
Ward has been rewarded with improved terms following the eye-catching progress he has made over the past 12 months.
The 23-year-old shot-stopper impressed on loan at Aberdeen before being recalled by Jurgen Klopp in January and installed as Simon Mignolet's deputy.
Ward made two composed first-team appearances towards the end of the campaign and then shone for Wales in their victory over Slovakia at Euro 2016.
With Liverpool signing Loris Karius from Mainz to compete with Simon Mignolet for the role of Anfield No 1, Klopp has decided that another spell away from the club in 2016/17 would be best for Ward's development.
Huddersfield are managed by David Wagner, a close friend of Klopp, who was part of his backroom staff at Borussia Dortmund.
Liverpool face the Terriers in a pre-season friendly at the John Smith's Stadium on Wednesday, July 20.
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