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21 year old Andreas Sondergaard has joined Hereford FC from Wolves until the end of the season.
This (slightly edited) from Wolves:
Since arriving at Wolves back in January 2018, Sondergaard established himself as part of the first-team squad, appearing among the substitutes in the Premier League, Europa League and Carabao Cup, but now the 21-year-old switches to Hereford in the National League North until the summer of 2022.
Matt Jackson, Wolves’ strategic player marketing manager, said: “When finding a loan for a goalkeeper, every club has to look further down the pyramid. When a league club wants a goalkeeper, they generally want experience and there’s always several experienced keepers floating around the system.
“This means the only way young goalkeepers can gain experience, especially for their first loan away, is by going to a different level, but you still have shots to save, you still have bodies around you at set-pieces and the pitches might not be at the same standard they’ve been used to, so it’s a fantastic learning experience.
“The good thing about where Hereford are in the pyramid is that we can monitor a player closely, we can have them back into the building on a regular basis and we can maintain their really high coaching standards, while continuing to grow the goalkeeping network that Scott Fry has done so well to develop.
“Andreas will have to cope with the physical side of the
men’s game and all the tough elements of goalkeeping. He will make a
few mistakes, which we all do early in our careers, but the challenge is
to learn from them, progress and show a really good spirit to improve
in their development.”