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Ex-Owls favourite Ross Wallace makes move to Barton’s Cod Army

Fleetwood Town beat competition from Wigan Athletic for veteran winger

By Alex Milne

has bolstered his squad with the capture of 33-year-old midfielder Ross Wallace.

The ex- player has been without a club since being released by in the summer, but Barton clearly feels Wallace still has enough quality to help his side out in their promotion bid.

Barton said: “We are delighted to bring a player of Ross’ quality into our squad.”

There were rumours that the likes of Athletic were also interested in Wallace, and Barton added: “He has been with us for the last couple of weeks, and we are pleased to have fought off competition from numerous other clubs to secure his signature.”

And he may soon be followed by another new face, with ex- United man Ryan also on trial with the Cod Army and expected to sign a permanent deal in the near future.

Wallace could be in line to make his debut this weekend when travel to United hoping to extend their impressive unbeaten run to eight games in .

Wallace started his career at Celtic and represented his country once in 2009.

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