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Report: Freed Leicester right-back Danny Simpson training with West Brom

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Simpson has been linked with clubs including Crystal Palace and West Bromwich Albion since leaving Leicester City.

Danny Simpson of Leicester City applauds the crowd during the Premier League match between Leicester City and Chelsea FC at The King Power Stadium on May 12, 2019 in Leicester, United...

The freed Leicester City right-back Danny Simpson is training with West Bromwich Albion, according to The Sun.

Simpson’s Leicester deal was not renewed at the start of the summer and he is said to have had interest from Crystal Palace prior to the Premier League transfer deadline.

No such move materialised, however, and the newspaper claims that the 32-year-old has been keeping fit with West Brom’s Under-23s instead.

But it adds that the Baggies boss Slaven Bilic could yet offer a deal to the player – whom Crystal Palace would not be able to register for Premier League matches, having named a full 25-man squad at the start of this month.

West Brom signed one new right-back, Darnell Furlong, in the summer transfer window and have seen the academy product, Nathan Ferguson, make the position his own this season.

Nathan Ferguson of West Bromwich Albion celebrates the away win 1-2 during the Sky Bet Championship match between Luton Town and West Bromwich Albion at Kenilworth Road on August 17, 2019...

Crystal Palace failed to replace Aaron Wan-Bissaka – who joined Simpson’s first club, Manchester United, in a reported £50 million deal – before the close of the transfer window.

Simpson has also played Premier League football for Newcastle United, Queens Park Rangers and Leicester, with whom he won the title in 2016.

Would the freed Leicester City man be a good addition for West Bromwich Albion?