Shrimps sign 15 after registration embargo lifted

Yann Songo'o made 40 league appearances for Morecambe last season

League Two side Morecambe have announced the signings of 15 players after their EFL registration embargo was lifted on Thursday.

The Shrimps were placed in an embargo in March over non-payment of a VAT bill but they have subsequently settled the amount with His Majesty's Revenue and Customs.

Goalkeeper Harry Burgoyne, defenders Luke Hendrie, Ross Millen, Max Taylor, Jamie Stott, David Tutonda, Adam Lewis, George Ray, midfielders Tom White, Paul Lewis and Yann Songo’o and strikers Jordan Slew, Hallam Hope and Ben Tollitt have all signed one-year deals.

Hull City midfielder Callum Jones, 23, has also joined on a season-long loan deal.

Former Wolves goalkeeper Burgoyne, 27, was released by Shrewsbury earlier this summer, while Adam Lewis, 24, was a free agent after leaving Liverpool.

Ray, 30, made 45 appearances for Barrow in 2023-24 as they just missed out on a play-off spot and Millen, 24, helped Raith finish second in the Scottish Championship.

Hendrie, 29 comes in after leaving Bradford with Taylor, 24 and Stott, 26, departing National League sides Rochdale and Halifax respectively.

Tutonda, 28, is one of three players, along with Songo'o, 32, and Slew, 31, who played for the Shrimps last season to be returning.

White, 27, also left Barrow earlier this summer and Paul Lewis, 29, was with Tranmere last season.

Hope, 30, started his career with Everton and spent the past three seasons with Oldham, the same club that Tollitt, 29, was released by at the end of 2023-24.

The 15 new additions join existing first team players goalkeeper Stuart Moore, 29, defender Kayden Harrack, 20, midfielders Gwion Edwards, 31, and Saul Fox-Akande, 17, and forward Charlie Brown, 24, at the Shrimps for the 2024-25 campaign.

Morecambe start the new season with a trip to Walsall on Saturday, 10 August.