The transfer window has opened and already we have good news with the announcement that Keith Keane has signed an eighteen month deal with the club.

It was a loan move that will go down as one of the best in recent history. Signing a player considered not good enough to get into Cambridge's side who then became a mainstay in a Rochdale side challenging for promotion to the Championship.

He'd been used mostly as a midfielder at Cambridge but his switch to central defence worked a treat and he has produced many fine performances for the club since signing on loan at the end of August. Those performances were enough to see him awarded Player of the Month for October.

No details have been given as to whether a fee has been paid for his services.

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