21-06-2022, 17:58
Port Vale's promotion-winning goalkeeper Aidan Stone has signed a contract extension tying him to Vale Park until June 2024.
The 22-year-old signed a one-year deal, with the option of an additional 12 months, when he arrived on a free transfer from Mansfield last summer.
But the club have opted to now add on a further year's extension.
"Aidan's at a great age - and goalies mature and get better as they get older," said Vale boss Darrell Clarke.
"You can see from his performances at the start of the season to the end of the season when he was cemented in the team how fast he develops.
"There are areas of the game that he needs to work on and continue to develop and we're hoping to make him an even better keeper, and if he keeps progressing the way he has been throughout last season, we'll have a real top keeper on our hands."
Stone made 28 appearances last term, becoming a fixture over the second half of the campaign and keeping 11 clean sheets, capped by his penalty save in the play-off semi-final second-leg shootout win over Swindon Town.
The 22-year-old signed a one-year deal, with the option of an additional 12 months, when he arrived on a free transfer from Mansfield last summer.
But the club have opted to now add on a further year's extension.
"Aidan's at a great age - and goalies mature and get better as they get older," said Vale boss Darrell Clarke.
"You can see from his performances at the start of the season to the end of the season when he was cemented in the team how fast he develops.
"There are areas of the game that he needs to work on and continue to develop and we're hoping to make him an even better keeper, and if he keeps progressing the way he has been throughout last season, we'll have a real top keeper on our hands."
Stone made 28 appearances last term, becoming a fixture over the second half of the campaign and keeping 11 clean sheets, capped by his penalty save in the play-off semi-final second-leg shootout win over Swindon Town.
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