Wright signs new Liverpool contract

Stephen Wright has ended speculation linking him with a summer move away from Liverpool by signing a new three-year contract …

Stephen Wright has ended speculation linking him with a summer move away from Liverpool by signing a new three-year contract with the club.

The England Under-21 international - who has made nine first team appearances this year after breaking into the side - was nearing the end of his contract this summer.

But the versatile 22-year-old right-back, a graduate of the Liverpool Youth Academy, has followed in the recent footsteps of Michael Owen, Steven Gerrard, Jamie Carragher and Dietmar Hamann by pledging his future to the Anfield club.

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