Cork City Football Club is delighted to confirm the signing of Connor Simpson, subject to international clearance.<\/p>\n
The 20-year-old striker, who most recently played for Preston North End, becomes City\u2019s third new signing since the restart, following the additions of Scott Fenwick and Kit Elliot last week. As was the case with our other recent signings, Simpson will undergo a mandatory two-week quarantine period before joining up with the rest of the squad.<\/p>\n
Speaking in Bishopstown today, City boss Neale Fenn welcomed the news. saying: \u201cWe\u2019re delighted, we\u2019ve been chasing Connor for a while now, so it\u2019s a great relief to get it over the line and get him in. It\u2019s no secret that we\u2019ve been chasing forward players, which hasn\u2019t been easy. It was imperative that we got some firepower and some strikers on board and fortunately we\u2019ve managed to do that.<\/p>\n
Sometimes you\u2019d look at a player of Connor\u2019s size and think maybe he\u2019s only good in the air, but Connor is certainly very good with his feet as well, which is of great benefit to us. The three attacking players we\u2019ve brought in have all added different dimensions to the squad and have all got their own characteristics and positive abilities, so we can\u2019t wait to get them into the team and playing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Shortly after putting pen to paper on the deal, Simpson said: \u201cNeale and I had a chat on the phone, a good chat, where he explained to me how things work over here, told me a lot about the league and what the football is like. I\u2019ve not had the best start to my career – I\u2019ve had a couple of loan moves, but I haven\u2019t played many games, which is want I want to do here at Cork City. I want to play a lot of football and score a lot of goals. I\u2019ve seen that the club isn\u2019t in a good place in the league at the moment, and I\u2019d like to come in and contribute with a lot of goals and assists, and hopefully get the us back to where the club should be.\u201d<\/p>\n
When asked if his transfer dealings were now complete, Fenn said: \u201cI think we\u2019ve added what we\u2019ve needed to the squad. It was no secret that we needed forward players, and that\u2019s no disrespect to the lads that are here already, because we\u2019ve got some good players, but they are young players that are untested at this level. It was important to us that we brought in a mix of different types players that could play different styles to suit each game or to suit the players that we\u2019ve got at our disposal.\u201d<\/p>\n