Galway United secure Cian Byrne loan as Ollie Horgan backs squad for competitive season

GALWAY UNITED person added Bohemians centre fractional Cian Byrne connected indebtedness until July.

The 22-year-old was made disposable by the Gypsies pursuing the instrumentality to fittingness of Rob Cornwall, with United winning the contention for his signature. 

Cian Byrne has moved from Bohemians to Galway connected a season-long indebtedness deal

Galway United adjunct manager Ollie Horgan is delighted astatine the signing

Assistant manager Ollie Organ said: “He was connected our radar, and astir club’s radar. He had a precise bully play past twelvemonth and helium jumped astatine the accidental to instrumentality him. 

“It truly lone transpired successful the past 10 days. We’ve a fig of injuries successful that country of the transportation and we’ve liked him for a agelong time. 

“When we were successful the First Division, helium was with Longford Town and helium was outstanding successful the games helium played against us.”

Byrne came done the Bohs academy and spent the archetypal fractional of the 2023 play connected indebtedness astatine Longford earlier returning to Bohs, wherever helium played successful the FAI Cup final. 

Last season, helium made 26 appearances for the Gypsies though helium was not portion of the matchday squad for the play opener against Shamrock Rovers. 

Meanwhile, Horgan believes that Galway United are successful a bully spot this play – but admitted helium has nary thought wherever they volition decorativeness successful what helium expects to beryllium a competitory league.

He added: “I can’t talk for each nine but I’d accidental the bulk of clubs wouldn’t beryllium capable to reply you if you asked them wherever they are going to finish. 

“Last year, a superior nine was going to beryllium relegated and it happened to beryllium Dundalk. You look this year, a large nine is going to beryllium relegated.

“We’ve brought successful players that we deliberation tin amended us, to effort and amended our decorativeness past twelvemonth successful the apical half. 

“We’re going to person ups and downs with it with the prime that is successful this division, the hard teams are going to beryllium playing distant from home.

“But determination is surely a bully consciousness factor, a ‘Let’s spell astatine this’. If it’s bully enough, it’s enough. If it’s not, it’s not.

“There is nary existent fearfulness factor, we’ll person a chopped disconnected it.”