Walsall sign defenders Leak and Skura

Walsall have continued their summer recruitment drive under head coach Lee Grant with deals for defenders Ryan Leak and Declan Skura.

Leak, 28, joins on a permanent deal after a trial period having been without a club since leaving Scottish Premiership club Ross County last summer.

He has had spells in the English Football League with Salford, reaching the League Two play-offs in 2022-23, Burton Albion and has also played in Spain.

His deal with the Saddlers is for one year with the club having an option to extend it by another 12 months.

Joining Leak at the Pallet-Track Stadium is Wycombe defender Declan Skura, who arrives on a season-long loan.

The 24-year-old has made 12 appearances in League One over the past two seasons, including four towards the end of 2025-26 which brought him his first goal - against champions Lincoln City - in the penultimate game of the campaign.

He also had a loan spell in the National League with Yeovil Town last term after his initial taste of non-league football with Ebbsfleet in his debut season in 2023-24.

Skura and Leak take Walsall's summer signings to nine following the arrivals of goalkeeper Jed Ward, defender James Connolly, midfielders Sven Sprangler, Lewis Simper and Isaac Moore and forwards Tai Sodje and Andy Dallas.