Bilel Mohsni has joined Grimsby on a one-year deal.

The 33-year-old defender spent time on trial with the Mariners in January but it was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Mohsni was quick to praise Grimsby boss Ian Holloway and the part he played in the move.

He told the club’s website: “We have kept in touch, always texting each other, he is such a good man.

“I like him as a man, not just as a manager. This virus was dangerous for all of us and it was great to keep in touch with him, always asking me how are my family, how am I keeping and things like that and then told me that when the team returns to training, he wants me to come back.

“He called me last week asking if I was ready and to come down on Sunday, so I didn’t even have to think, I came and I am happy to be back.”