Matt Glennon today signed for City until the end of the season.
The 31-year-old keeper last night agreed a pay-off with Huddersfield allowing the Bantams to take over the rest of his contract.
Glennon will make his debut against Notts County at Valley Parade on Saturday – his first senior appearance since November 2008.
The former Carlisle stopper never played a game under Town boss Lee Clark because of the form of teenage prodigy Alex Smithies.
But McCall, who has been targeting an experienced replacement since sending Simon Eastwood back to the Galpharm, has no qualms about Glennon’s recent lack of action.
He said: “It would have concerned me if he was a young kid of 18 or 21 but Matty’s got bags and bags of experience. He’s a good talker and hopefully just what we need.
“People will say he hasn’t played for a while but it’s the same situation as someone like Carlo Cudicini at Chelsea never getting a game behind Petr Cech. To be fair, Matty played over 100 consecutive games for Huddersfield before Smithies came in.
“He’s played nine reserve games this season. Now he wants to get back playing and has the hunger and desire to do well.”
Glennon has been on McCall’s radar for a while but his Huddersfield wages always remained a stumbling block.
McCall added: “We had a look in the close season but financially it was too much for us. Then I spoke to Clarky a couple of weeks ago about the option of bringing him in but it was still too big a step with the money. But in the meantime, they came back to us to do the deal. Matty’s agreed a compensation deal there and now I’m delighted that he’s our player.”
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