Gareth Ainsworth puts his faith in Ollie Wright to 'make a big impact' at Gillingham FC
04.07.26, 20:00 Updated 24.07.26, 14:00
Simon Head
Gillingham boss Gareth Ainsworth had teased the signing of Ollie Wright a day before the Southampton stopper was officially unveiled as the Gills' sixth summer signing.
Speaking to BBC Radio Kent on Thursday, Ainsworth was asked specifically about the club's progress in finding a first-team goalkeeper for the coming campaign, with fans starting to get a little twitchy online about a perceived lack of movement after releasing both Glenn Morris and Jake Turner at the end of last season.
Ainsworth explained his approach to the goalkeeping position at Priestfield, as he revealed that, rather than rather than signing multiple first-team keepers and letting them fight it out for the starting job, he prefers to operate with a clearly-defined number one goalkeeper, and revealed that the player he had lined up was someone he had great faith in to take over between the sticks at Priestfield.
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Simon Head is the founding editor of Gills 365. A veteran sports journalist and editor with more than 25 years in the industry, he has written for major news outlets, broadcasters and sports organisations around the world. Simon is a longtime Gillingham season ticket holder, and has been a regular at Priestfield since the mid-1990s.