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Midfielder Matt Butcher has left Wycombe Wanderers to join Salford City on a two-year deal.

The 28-year-old spent the second half of last season on loan at Bristol Rovers, and has played most of his football in League One.

Butcher began his career at Bournemouth and had spells at Accrington Stanley, Plymouth Argyle, Yeovil Town and St Johnstone in Scotland.

He is Salford's second signing of the week, following defender Michael Rose's acquisition, and hopes he can pass on his huge experience to his team-mates.

"On the pitch, I'm a midfielder, and I'm pretty comfortable in different positions," he told Salford's website, external.

"I like to play with energy, and as the team already does, I like to press high up the pitch.

"I really enjoy that side of things and hopefully I can bring some experience of being in successful teams in the past, and add some quality as well.

"From what I've seen at training, it's similar here to what I've seen in the past with good teams, so hopefully that can continue."

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Salford City have signed Under-20 World Cup winner Nicolas Siri on loan for the season.

The 21-year-old joins from Uruguayan side Montevideo City Torque, part of the City Football Group.

Siri made his senior debut in the Uruguayan First Division at the age of 16, playing for Danubio and later that same season became the youngest player to score a hat-trick in his country's top flight.

He was in the squad for the Under-20 World Cup in 2023 and he appeared as a substitute in every game of the tournament except the final, in which Uruguay beat Italy.

In January, after scoring 12 goals in 56 games in the Uruguayan top-flight, Siri joined Montevideo's sister club Lommel in Belgium and scored twice in 10 appearances in the second division.

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Salford City have signed Nigerian striker Dan Udoh from Wycombe Wanderers on a two-year deal.

The 29-year-old spent one season at Adams Park, scoring nine goals in 49 appearances, after a move from Shrewsbury Town last summer.

That followed five years at Salop, where he famously scored the opening goal in their FA Cup third round tie against Liverpool at Anfield.

Udoh played 181 times for Shrewsbury, soring 38 goals, joining the club after going through the youth systems at Luton Town and Stevenage, and a nomadic non-league career on loan whilst registered to Kidderminster Harriers.

A move to Ilkeston saw him catch the attention of Crewe, and after another wleter of loan spells he washed up at AFC Telford United, where his 19 goals in 39 games attracted the attention of neighbours Shrewsbury.

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Salford City have loaned centre-back Alfie Dorrington from Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton forward Prince Ehibhatiomhan for the rest of the season.

Dorrington spent the second half of last season and the first half of this season at Aberdeen, playing 16 games and scoring a goal for the Scottish Premiership side, as well as helping them to the Scottish Cup triumph over Celtic.

A former under-21 captain at Spurs, Dorrington made his senior debut for them last season as a substitute in a Premier League match at Southampton, and has six first-team games under his belt for the North London club.

Salford manager Karl Robinson said of the England Under-19 international, external: "He has had a couple of very encouraging spells in Scotland with Aberdeen after impressing at youth level for his club and England, and we feel that his aerial ability and composure on the ball will add to the options we already have in the building going into what we're hoping is a very exciting second half of the season."

Ehibhatiomhan scored three goals in 21 appearances for Swindon Town on loan for the first half of this season before being recalled by Saints.

Robinson said of the 20-year-old: "Prince is strong, powerful and will bring a real force for us at the top end of the pitch to add to the quality we already have in those positions."

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Salford City's Luke Garbutt has signed a one-year contract extension which will keep him at the League Two club until the summer of 2027.

The defender, 32, is currently in his third season at the Peninsula Stadium after moving from Blackpool in June 2023 and has played every minute so far this term in the league.

He was made captain prior to the start of the current campaign by manager Karl Robinson and has scored three goals and contributed three assists.

Salford remain firmly in the promotion hunt in fifth place, just seven points off leaders Bromley, and Garbutt told the club website, external he is looking forward to building on that platform in the second half of the campaign.

"The balance of the group is good and we're looking to kick on now. It's the second half of the season, this is where you start to see who the real contenders are," he said.

"We've got to make sure that we're in the hunt and in a really good position like we are at the minute."