Reds youngster joins Leicester on loan

Leicester have signed Liverpool defender Jack Hobbs on loan until the end of the season. Hobbs spent the second half of last season on loan at Scunthorpe United.

The defender will be plying his trades in the League 1 and can’t wait to get started. Liverpool are keen for 19-year-old Hobbs to gain first-team experience.

“I am really pleased to have signed and can’t wait to get started,” said Hobbs on the offish site.

“Liverpool have some world-class centre backs so I spoke to the boss and he said I was free to go out on