Ed McGinty completes move to Shamrock Rovers

Shamrock Rovers have signed goalkeeper Ed McGinty from English Championship outfit Oxford United on a multi-year contract.

McGinty, who spent 2024 impressing on loan at Sligo Rovers, becomes the Hoops' second signing since the end of the last campaign.

Former Bohemians winger Danny Grant agreed to join Stephen Bradley's side in November.

Speaking to the Shamrock Rovers website, McGinty admitted that the lure of European football with the most successful club in the land was a prospect too great to resist.

"It wasn’t too difficult leaving Oxford, but it was always difficult leaving Sligo Rovers," the 25-year-old said. "It’s been a big part of my life so that was a tough part.

"At the same time, Shamrock Rovers is the biggest club in Ireland, what they’ve done in Europe is incredible, so I want to come and help them and improve them.

"When Stephen rang me, I could sense his level of drive and ambition, and that matches mine. So, in a sense, it was an easy decision."

Bradley said: "We’ve been talking to Ed for some time, also talking to Oxford, and these things take time when he’s signed somewhere else.

"But we are delighted to get Ed in, he was the standout keeper in the league last season and he’s grown and matured over the years, so he’s a player we think will really help us grow."

Rovers now have four goalkeepers in their ranks, with Leon Pohls, Lee Stacey and Alex Noonan also at the club, and that could remain the case.

"You need competition for places all over the team and Ed will certainly bring that," Bradley added. "If you look at last season, we had Leon, Lee Stacey and Alex Noonan who were around it all the time.

"So, with Ed adding to that, I can see all four pushing each other in training and that will only help