Academy player Harvey Lintott has signed a professional contract at Gillingham.

Lintott is the second of the club’s youth team to have turned pro in recent days after forward Gerald Sithole also agreed a pro deal with the League 1 club.

The newest pro, Lintott, was named on the bench for Gillingham’s League 1 match against Rochdale in January.

Lintott plays on the right side of defence and manager Steve Evans commented on him after that match, saying: “We like him, he is a big, strong, powerful right sided player. He can play comfortably at right-back and he may develop as a right-sided centre back. He is a man in a kid’s body.

The manager added: “From our point of view we want to develop our own if we can.”

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