Chesterfield sign Hull City defender Liam Cooper on permanent terms
Liam Cooper has left Hull City after signing a two-and-a-half-year deal with Chesterfield.
The clubs have agreed an undisclosed fee for the 21-year-old defender.
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Liam Cooper holds off Steven Gerrard at Anfield during his Premier League debut in 2009.
Cooper had been on loan at the League Two club since November.
He has become a fans' favourite at the Proact Stadium after a string of impressive performances.
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Homegrown Cooper made his debut for the Tigers as a 16-year-old in a League Cup tie against Swansea in 2008.
Phil Brown handed the former Malet Lambert boy a surprise Premier League debut against Liverpool at Anfield, where he faced an on-fire Fernando Torres. The Tigers went down 6-1.
Loan spells at Carlisle and Huddersfield helped him mature and after stringing together a seven-game sequence in the first team at the end of last season he might have hoped to push on as he entered the final year of his contract.
However, after Steve Bruce extended his options in central defence by bringing in Abdoulaye Faye and Alex Bruce, Cooper found himself surplus to requirements.
He made a total of 17 appearances for City.
Comments
by Ant_Hull
Monday, January 07 2013, 8:29PM
“Certainly thought they would have given Liam a bit more time on our books and give the lad a chance to mature on loan. How old is he? Must only be about 20?
Maybe it was out of our hands though and he wanted guaranteed first team football which SB couldn't guarantee at the minute.
Does anyone know if he was out of contract in 6 months? Maybe a case of getting a bit of a fee for him rather than let him leave for free?”
by MikeyG21
Saturday, January 05 2013, 7:16PM
“Hold on, please tell me if I'm understand this incorrectly; you'd rather be mid/bottom-half of the table of the Championship playing local lads than playing the team we have now and challenging for automatic promotion? I'm not entirely sure that it is the club's fault if our local lads aren't good enough...”
by Rich102
Saturday, January 05 2013, 5:42PM
“Mike Edwards”
by Gottalaugh
Saturday, January 05 2013, 3:28PM
“So who's getting the role of token Hull born player now then? Citys junior development is catastrophic. Not a single locally born player in the 1st team squad. Who was the last local lad to come through the juniors & play more than a handful of games? Dean Windass?”
by Shelftiger
Saturday, January 05 2013, 2:20PM
“All the very best Liam, thought he might have made it in time? but we are very well covered at CB.
Good luck to city's 2nd string this afternoon.”
by SteveB1234567
Saturday, January 05 2013, 2:04PM
“Thought he was a decent prospect - too good for league 2 - and a left-footed CB is nice to have. Good luck to him!”