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Palace keeper Whitworth returns to Exeter on loan

Crystal Palace goalkeeper Joe Whitworth has agreed to return to Exeter City on a second season-long loan.

The 21-year-old spent last season at St James Park where he started every League One, FA Cup and Carabao Cup match Exeter played - a total of 51 games, in which he kept 16 clean sheets.

He has played for England at under-15, under-16 and under-18 level and made two Premier League first-team appearances for Palace in the 2022-23 season - away at Brighton & Hove Albion and Arsenal.

Exeter are without any senior goalkeepers in their squad after Shaun MacDonald was released in May and Harry Lee turned down a new deal last week, leaving 18-year-old Frankie Phillips as the only keeper on Exeter's books.