Sacked Leicester goalkeeper Adam Smith joins Northampton

Goalkeeper Adam Smith, 22, has signed a two-year deal with Northampton and became the first of the trio of ex-Foxes players to find a new team after he was axed along with James Pearson and Tom Hopper earlier this month.

Hopper signed for League One side Scunthorpe later on Friday, meaning two of the players are back with professional football teams.

Leicester terminated the contracts of Pearson, son of Foxes manager Nigel, and the two other players following an internal investigation into a leaked video of an orgy during a 'goodwill tour' of Thailand in which one woman was called a "slit-eye".

Nine days after Smith, Pearson and Hopper were released by the Barclays Premier League side, the former has now joined League Two club Northampton and revealed he is grateful for the opportunity.

Speaking to the local media on Friday morning, he said: "Obviously everyone knows I got myself in a situation that I'm deeply ashamed of and sorry for.

"I'm pleased the manager here has given me a second chance and it's down to me

"We're all deeply ashamed and sorry - all three of us that took part in it.

"I know the club here do a lot to do with anti-racism and I'm hoping to get involved in stuff like that.

"The way the papers said it... they've come out as if all three of us are racist but it was one comment, that wasn't made by me, I don't want that floating above my head. If I've got to do (anti-)racism work to prove that, I'll do that."