Dan Potts joins League Two Luton Town

  • by Staff Writer
  • Friday, 29th May 2015

Dan Potts has secured a two-year contract with League Two club Luton Town.

The 21-year-old was on the fringes of the first team at West Ham for some considerable time but failed to make the breakthrough, which led to his release by the club this week.

However Potts has wasted no time in getting his career back on track, securing a two-year deal at Kenilworth Road with John Still's Hatters, who missed out on last season's play-offs by just three points.

"I'm over the moon to have signed for Luton Town," he told the club's website. "I can’t wait to crack on. Promotion is the key for me, I want success.

"West Ham is a big club, but so is Luton and they want to succeed. So in that respect the two clubs are no different. They have great fan bases and coming into the set-up at Luton will be good for me. Hopefully we'll push on and get up the leagues.

Manager John Still added: "He’s young man, a young player who’s reasonably experienced. He’s played in the Premier League, he’s played lower league – a left sided defender who can play left back and centre half. He'll be a good addition to our squad.

"He’s always been a player that we were interested in if it became possible and when you look at the other players we've taken from West Ham it gives us a good opportunity to look - and we've been looking at Dan for some time."


Potts' first interview as a Luton Town player


Potts made his first team debut for the Hammers at the age of just 17 in a 1-0 Championship win over Barnsley in November 2011. He made his Premier League debut just over a year later, in a 3-0 defeat at Sunderland.

One of several youngsters to have featured in the 5-0 FA Cup drubbing at Nottingham Forest, Potts made his final appearance for West Ham in the Capital One Cup defeat against Sheffield United in August 2014.

He was also named as the KUMB Readers' Young Player of the Year in both 2011/12 and 2012/13.



Potts' collects the 2013/14 KUMB Young Player of the Year Award on behalf of Dylan Tombides


Dan Potts: West Ham record

2011/12: 4 appearances, 1 booking (3 Championship, 1 FA Cup)
2012/13: 6 appearances, 1 booking (2 Premier League, 2 FA Cup, 2 Capital One Cup)
2013/14: 2 appearances, 1 booking (1 FA Cup, 1 Capital One Cup)
2014/15: 1 appearance (1 Capital One Cup)

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