Georges to Drop Back

Santos was initally signed on a 3 month period as cover for Town's central defence, which got turned into a 2 year deal before a ball was kicked due to the departure of classy centre back Thomas Gaardsoe to West Bromwich Albion for a reported £500,000.

Since the season has started, the former Grimsby player has been placed in midfield in all of his games so far, but Royle sees him as more of a centre back rather than a midfielder : "I asked Georges to do a job for me in midfield because we had injuries and Matt Holland had gone.