The 21-year-old midfielder, who has been playing at left back in recent weeks, arrived at the EnviroVent Stadium in December with plenty of pedigree.
He came through the ranks at Manchester City before a 2019 switch to Wolves, where he regularly captained the U23 side.
Despite being a regular in first-team training at Molineux, Francis struggled to force his way into boss Nuno Espirito Santo’s plans and took the plunge of cutting his contract short in October, in search of playing time.
With England youth international experience and two loan spells abroad under his belt as well, Francis is confident the time was right to step down the divisions and earn some senior minutes.
Brilliant
“All I’ve ever wanted to do is play in a first-team environment and I just knew that wasn’t going to happen at Wolves,” he said. “I wanted to back myself to go and play.
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