Updated at 20.14
CHARLTON HAVE SIGNED Irish midfielder Gavin Kilkenny on loan from Bournemouth — one of four Irish deals that have been confirmed so far on Deadline Day.
The 22-year-old arrives in southeast London until the end of the season.
Capped by Ireland at U15, U16, U17, U19, and U21 level, Kilkenny spent the first half of the season in the Championship with Stoke City under caretaker boss Dean Holden, who is now the Charlton manager.
“I’m delighted to be joining Charlton,” said Kilkenny. “It’s obviously a huge club and it’s a really great opportunity for me. I really enjoyed working with Dean Holden at Stoke, albeit briefly, and I want to repay the faith he has shown in me by bringing me here. Hopefully we can start pushing up the table to get this club back where it belongs.”
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Holden said he was pleased to reunite with Kilkenny.
“Gavin is a player I know well, having worked with him at Stoke. We are very fortunate we could get him, especially given the number of games he played in Bournemouth’s promotion campaign to the Premier League last season. He has got bags of energy, very good technical ability and a top class attitude,” Holden said.
Elsewhere, after impressing in the League of Ireland with UCD last season, 20-year-old attacker Dylan Duffy has joined the Irish contingent at Mark Kennedy’s Lincoln City.
28-year-old ex-Ireland U21 international Glen Rea has made the fifth loan move of his career, leaving Luton Town to sign for League One outfit Cheltenham Town.
And finally, 23-year-old Dublin-born defender Corrie Ndaba has left Ipswich Town on loan, signing for Fleetwood on loan until the end of the season after he was initially recalled following seven League One appearances for Burton Albion in the first half of the season.
