Sheffield Wednesday have had to wait a couple of weeks to finally make a move but they have dipped into the transfer market for the first time in the January window.

And Darren Moore has finally bolstered his defence with the acquisition of Preston North End centre-back Jordan Storey on a loan deal until the end of the 2021-22 campaign.

The 24-year-old joined the Lilywhites from Exeter City in the summer of 2018 for a fee in the region of £750,000 - that was after making just 13 league appearances for the Grecians.

Storey has played 83 times in the Championship for North End and started the club's first 14 matches of the current season, and midway through that run he penned a new long-term contract at Deepdale until the summer of 2025.

He was eventually dropped though by then-head coach Frankie McAvoy and since former Owls striker Ryan Lowe's appointment at the Lancashire side, Storey hasn't been able to get a look in.

He now arrives at Hillsborough though with probably guaranteed game-time thanks to Wednesday's desperate injury crisis at the back, which has seen the likes of Dominic Iorfa and Lewis Gibson out with long-term injuries in recent months and Chey Dunkley has also joined them on the sidelines.

That means Storey is a much-needed addition and Owls fans have been reacting to the signing on social media.