Reggie Cannon has finally found a new home.
The U.S. men’s national team right back has signed a four-year contract with Queens Park Rangers, joining the Championship side as a free agent.
Cannon moves to England after spending three seasons in Portugal with Boavista, where the right back said he was only paid on time once during his entire spell.
The 25-year-old left Boavista before his contract was set to expire, with the club’s financial issues meaning he was given, in his words, “unilateral just cause to terminate my contract.”
Now, Cannon will start fresh with the R’s, who are 19th out of 24 teams in the Championship table after eight matches.
“We have fought off clubs to get him and I believe Reggie will become a big asset for us,” QPR head coach Gareth Ainsworth told the club website.
“He can play on the right side of midfield, as a wingback and he can play as a right-sided center back, so he is going to add real competition for places which is what we need.
“With him being without a club over the summer, he is going to need a bit of time to get up to speed but I know he is raring to get going with us.”
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Cannon added: βI have always wanted to play in England, this is an incredible opportunity to show what I can do. QPR is a very historic club and I canβt wait to start my career here.
βI have played a bunch of positions across the backline. I love getting forward, I love the ability to defend, I love the ability to do both.
βGareth said he wants to use me to get behind the opposition backline but also being that strong one-v-one defender I am and can be.
βI am strong defensively but I love to get forward and to be on the counter attack, making those blazing runs on the overlap or underlap, I think that is something that is my strength.”
The former FC Dallas defender has 28 caps with the USMNT, and narrowly missed out on last year’s World Cup roster.
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