Newport County have added a second player to their ranks this month with the signing on loan of Matt Baker from Stoke City until the end of the season. He joins midfielder Harry Charsley in joining the exiles this window.
Matt came through the ranks at Gillingham but didn't make any appearances for them before he earned a move to Championship side Stoke City in the summer of 2021.
He has made 29 appearances over the past season and a half for the Potters in Premier League 2. He has played predominately om the right of a 3 man defence and has also pushed up into midfield if needed. Also he has featured on the bench twice for Stoke this season in games against Hull City and QPR. This could be a replacement for Matty Dolan who we seen earlier in the month move to his boyhood club Hartlepool United on loan until the end of the season.
Baker has also made several appearances for Wales throughout the different age groups. 16 in all, 4 for the U15's 5 for the U16's, 6 for the U19's and only the one for the U21 which came in a 2-0 friendly defeat to Austria in September last year.
On signing Matt said "I'm buzzing, I had a good chat with the manager and I can't wait to get started. He's said to me to come in with a clean sheet mentality and that'll be good enough for him! At heart, I'm a defender - I like to keep the ball out the net, it's my main aim when I step onto the pitch, but on the flipside I'm composed on the ball so I like to do both sides of the game."
Welcome to Newport Matt!
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