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Dale have made their first new signing of the transfer window with the acquisition of Burton central defender Ryan Delaney.

The 21 year old is an Irish central defender who came over to Burton in the Summer of 2016 from Wexford but has spent much of his time back at Cork City on loan where he was a vital part of their double winning side. His performances were enough to earn him ROI U21 call ups.

He is predominantly a left sided central defender and was ever present in his time over in Ireland, and is spoken of highly by Burton boss Nigel Clough.

There had been talks of a loan move for him but his switch to Spotland is a permanent one on a two and a half year deal.

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