Tom Pearce 12

Left back Tom Pearce signed for Latics from Leeds United on the Transfer Deadline Day of the 2019 Summer Transfer Window. Pearce played his schoolboy football with Everton before moving to Elland Road as a 16-year-old in 2014. The Ormskirk-born defender impressed in the academy at Thorp Arch and was handed his Leeds first team debut in March 2018 against Sheffield Wednesday. He made a further nine appearances for the Elland Road club, scoring once in a 2-1 win over Barnsley, before spending time on loan at Scunthorpe United in 2018-19, featuring nine times for the Iron. Pearce signed a three-year contract with Latics.