LAST UPDATE | 8 Feb 2024
FORMER IRELAND INTERNATIONAL goalkeeper Keiren Westwood has signed for League Two outfit Crewe Alexandra.
The 39-year-old, who won 21 caps for Ireland, has joined the Crewe squad on a short-term deal.
Westwood’s last club was QPR, departing there in July 2022. His career featured lengthy spells with Carlisle United, Coventry City and Sheffield Wednesday, while he also played for Sunderland.
Crewe are currently in fifth place in League Two, only two points off an automatic promotion spot. They face Crawley Town this Saturday.
Crewe Alexandra are delighted to announce the signing of Keiren Westwood on a short-term deal.
— Crewe Alexandra (@crewealexfc) February 8, 2024
Welcome, @WestwoodKeiren 🧤🔴#CreweAlex
Crewe manager Lee Bell said: “Keiren is going to sign for an initial month and then we will take it from there.
“He’s a brilliant professional and has been around the club for three years. He came with us as part of the coaching team when Fred (Barber) was ill earlier in the season.
“He’s got great experience and he is a great influence. I’ve told him his job is to push Harvey (Davies), so he knows there is pressure on him and he has to perform.
“He has had plenty of offers in this league, higher above, and abroad. He’s never retired but he only wants to do things that are right for him and his family. We are delighted to have him.”
Meanwhile, Bohemians have signed Polish goalkeeper Kacper Chorazka on a multi-year contract. The 24-year-old joins from Cypriot club ASIL Lysi.
“We have done a lot of homework on Kacper,” manager Declan Devine said. “I’ve gone to watch him in Cyprus, and he has been on our radar since last season so I am delighted to get him over the line.
“He has played in Cyprus for a number of years but hasn’t been afraid to leave a comfortable lifestyle behind him there, which tells me a lot about the guy. He wants to come here to showcase his talent, and has a determination and desire to do really well.
“He is a talented boy who wants to push on, and is a player that I have spent a bit of time with recently and have had good conversations with in terms of where he wants to go in his career.
“He is very calm in possession of the ball, knows about the physicality of the League of Ireland, and is a very welcome addition to our squad.”
Elsewhere, Kian Leavy has extended his stay at St Patrick’s Athletic. The 21-year-old midfielder has signed a new multi-year contract, having returned to the club from Reading in July 2023.
Might meet again in the final dont think we all can go through that again beat scotland first then new zealand who still scare me
@Sèan: NZ are always capable of bearing anyone. I agree, I don’t want to play SA again but I think they might struggle against France. France are more than a match for them up front and better behind the scrum. I fancy France to win that one, even without Dupont.
@rayridge….if there was an award for bellend of the weekend you would undoubtedly have it on your mantlepiece
The IRFU are writing a letter asking can’t we be the 33rd team, oh sorry that was the FAI. The IRFU are writing a letter can’t New Zealander Ben O’ Keefe be the referee if we get to play New Zealand in the quarter finals. #benyoubeauty
@Ray Ridge: Good man Ray
@Ray Ridge: he was a great ref for SA , gave them a lot of soft penalties in that second half
@Ray Ridge: what do you get from this BS.
@chris mcdonnell: if he called if for SA he gets an excuse?
@Owen ODonoghue: and as the over head camera showed a few times, they were the first to engage..
Delighted rassie was on the losing side,with his ridiculous shining lights at his team.he almost ruined a good Munster team when he was in charge of them…s.a rugby is terrible to watch with bash bosh up the middle ,dreadful stuff altogether. I hope France wind up meeting them and send them home ! And I hope the stamp on jvdf’s hand is being looked at and consequences dished out.nasty stuff
Can see us getting close to a final with that lineout.
@tom o neill: The lineout will be fixed. Remember Kelleher has only a small amount of game time this season and Sheenan looked good when he came on.
@tom o neill: we just beat the world champions with that lineout, we won a grand slam with the same lineout. We have some of the URC champions and the champions cup finalist in that lineout. We don’t seem to have lost too many games so far with that lineout.
@chris mcdonnell: I’d say we beat them in spite of that lineout might be more constructive?
Whatever happened to jamrag?