Saracens have confirmed the signing of Leicester’s England lock George Martin.

The 24-year-old will be part of the London membership in the summertime, when his contract expires. He has spent his whole profession up to now with the Tigers.

Martin has scored 9 tries in 73 appearances and was a member of Leicester’s Premiership title-winning facet of 2022.

He made his England debut towards Eire in March 2021 and has gained 21 caps however is at the moment out of motion due to a shoulder harm.

“George is a extremely pushed younger participant who we’re delighted to welcome to the membership,” mentioned Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall.

“His attributes and character will complement and add worth to the group and we’re wanting ahead to him realising his potential within the years forward.”

Martin signed what was described as a “multi-year” contract with Leicester in December 2023.

The second-rower has not performed since being compelled off the pitch in England’s Six Nations victory towards France 10 months in the past, and he isn’t anticipated to be accessible once more till the top of January.

Leicester are fourth within the Prem Rugby desk after 4 wins from six video games up to now, however they started their European Champions Cup marketing campaign with a 39-20 defeat at La Rochelle on Saturday.

“We’d have favored George to stick with the membership as he is a top-quality participant developed by our academy alongside most of the present group,” mentioned Leicester head coach Geoff Parling.

“Whereas we supplied George a aggressive deal to stay with Tigers, he has chosen a unique path for the following stage of his profession.”