Luton Town have announced the signing of defender Mads Andersen from Barnsley.
The 25-year-old has moved from Oakwell to Kenilworth Road for an undisclosed fee, and has signed a contract of undisclosed length with the Hatters.
Andersen had been club captain at Barnsley, who he helped reach last season’s League One play-off final.
The Danish centre back first arrived at the Tykes in 2019, when he moved from Danish side AC Horsens. He made over 160 appearances in the Championship and League One for the side from South Yorkshire.
Andersen joins his former Barnsley team-mates Cauley Woodrow and Carlton Morris with the Bedfordshire club.
Manager Rob Edwards told the official Luton website, “I’m really pleased to get Mads on board. He has been on our recruitment team’s list for a long time now. We watched a lot of him last season and he’s performed really well and consistently for a prolonged period in English football.
“He’s someone who can play anywhere across that back three for us. He’s a real good defender, someone who loves defending, and we like ours to be able to do that. But he can play, and there is room to grow, like with anyone we want to bring in and sign.
“He’s going to bring real good quality and competition into that position, with us obviously losing Sonny Bradley this summer, but the position we see Amari’i Bell in now, Mads’ arrival gives us real quality and competition in that area.
“He’s a really good person, when I spoke to him, it was clear that he’s so ambitious to play in the Premier League and very driven and determined to get into his national team, but first and foremost, he’s determined to get into our team, to play and be consistent.”
