Shamrock Rovers have announced the signing of Danny Grant on a multiyear contract, the club’s first signing ahead of the 2025 season.
Grant played for Bohemians last season where he played 33 games in all competitions, scoring three goals.
He spent two stints at Bohs, playing more than 120 games for the club, scoring 22 goals, winning PFAI Young Player of the Year in 2020. That earned him a move to Huddersfield Town in England, but he came back to Bohemians in 2023 after not making a first-team appearance for the club. He made 28 appearances on loan at Harrogate Town.
“I spoke to Danny when I was away on holidays recently. Danny was away as well, and we had a good chat. We arranged to meet when I came home, so we did and had a good conversation. I liked what I’d heard, I knew what he was about as a player. It’s clear he has really good attributes that will suit us in what we do,” manager Stephen Bradley said.
“He’s a clever footballer with really good attributes in the final third of the pitch. He’ll give us real directness in our play. Anyone I spoke to couldn’t speak highly enough of him as a person. So we’re delighted to get Danny in as there was competition from other clubs.
“Danny can play anywhere, that’s the beauty of him, he can play on the right or left hand side or in one of the number ten positions, in the high midfield position. I think he has brilliant attributes if you remember before he went to Huddersfield how threatening he was. He has played over 30 games this year and can play a number of positions as I said. He’s very much in the Darragh Burns or Neil Farrugia mode, a ball carrier who wants to run and score goals. So, we really like Danny.”
Bradley said Rovers can re-register players for the knockout Uefa Conference League knockout stages after Christmas, so Grant could be involved in those matches.
Shamrock Rovers are 10th in the Conference League after two wins and two draws in their first four games and are well on course to qualify for the knockout stages.
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