The 26-year-old Londoner, who stands at an impressive six feet and five inches tall, featured 19 times for Crawley Town during a three-year spell with the League Two club before being released at the end of the 2018/19 campaign.

He made eight league appearances for the reds the season before putting pen to paper with Whites’ in May 2019.

Mersin played for Turkish Premier League for Kasimpasa FC before returning to the UK to sign for Crawley in 2016.

The giant stopper, who has represented Turkey at both under-17 and under-18 levels, commanded a seven-figure transfer fee when he moved from Millwall to Liverpool as a youngster.