Cork City sign Celtic defender on loan until the summer

Cork City have procured the services of Celtic defender Eoghan O'Connell on loan until July.

An Irish U21 international, O'Connell has joined up with the SSE Airtricity League side in an attempt to get more first team experience at club level. The 20-year-old, originally from Cork, made five appearances for the Hoops after moving to Glasgow following a youth career that saw him line out for both College Corinthians and Avondale United. “I’m delighted to be back in Cork and I’m really looking forward to getting started and playing," O'Connell told CorkCityFC.ie. “My dad Damien and my brother Andy have both played for the club previously; Andy was here recently enough so I have been asking him about it and I would not be short on knowledge about the club! “It’s about getting as many games as I can but the main objective is to help Cork City do as well as possible while I am here and try to win as many games as possible.” https://twitter.com/CorkCityFC/status/699650633230655488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw "We are thrilled to get Eoghan," City boss John Caulfield said. "He can play right across the back four and as a defensive midfielder, so it gives us a lot of options. We were looking to bring in another defensive player and it is something we have been working very hard on for the last while. “Celtic have agreed to loan him to us until July; he has been involved with their first team quite a bit and he went out on loan to Oldham but he picked up an injury and they were anxious to get him out on loan to play.”