Winger Jordan Graham has returned to Gillingham on a permanent deal.

The former Wolves player had a loan spell with the Gills during the 2019/20 season and was just getting into his stride before Covid-19 struck.

Graham, 25, started two of the seven league games he featured in for Steve Evans’ side after joining the side at the end of the January transfer window.

On his January move, Evans described him as “quick, strong and technically very efficient,” but his previous lack of action meant he was playing catch-up.

Graham will now have the chance to show what he can do following a full pre-season behind him.

The pacey forward was one of Evans' key summer targets and he said: "I spent hours with Jordan at the weekend and it felt great to receive his call that he wanted to join us, the hard work paid off.

"There will be a number of high profile managers in League 1 who will be disappointed but I have no interest in them at all."

Graham tweeted: "I’m back baby! loved my time here last season and can’t wait to be a part of a BIG season for us! The love you all showed me here last season clearly wasn’t forgotten. Now let’s get to work."

The player, a former England youth international, made the switch to Wolves from Aston Villa in 2015 and has had loans with Oxford, Fulham, Ipswich Town and then the Gills since then.

Hopes of impressing at Wolves were hampered by a serious knee injury which kept him sidelines for 15 months.

His only appearances for the club in the 19/20 campaign came in the Football League Trophy.

He was one of seven players released by the Premier League side this summer and spoke of his time there under Nuno Espirito Santo, in an interview with The Athletic, reportedly saying: “Nuno came in and it was a case of he wanted me to play as a wing-back and I didn’t necessarily agree.

“For someone who’s played as a winger, a striker, or a No 10 for my whole career, to be told I won’t be allowed to play in that position, I thought, was quite strange. I gave it my all, I just didn’t really feel comfortable.

“I felt like I wasn’t being allowed to express myself totally. His vision was for me to do that, I wasn’t necessarily too pleased at the thought of it. I felt I was a bit limited from wing-back.”

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