Mandriou on verge of Lincoln move from Shamrock Rovers

Shamrock Rovers manager Stephen Bradley has confirmed that midfielder Danny Mandroiu is on his way out of the club as he prepares for a move to English League One side Lincoln City.

Lincoln, who had attempted to sign Bradley as their manager at the start of the summer, continue to look towards Tallaght, with Mandriou having already undergone a medical there.

The midfielder is currently out of action with an ankle knock and was not in the running to feature in Rovers Champions League qualifier against Hibernians of Malta on Tuesday night.

Bradley believes that Mandriou has now played his last game for the Hoops.

"Danny will leave soon enough," said the Rovers boss in quotes reported by the Irish Independent.

"He did his medical and everything. They're just discussing the other stuff now. He would have been out for a few weeks for us if he had been staying."

Lincoln are poised to sign Mandriou for a modest fee, with the player out of contract at the end of the season.

"Danny has been brilliant for us and I don’t want to see him go but he’s up at the end of the year," Bradley said.

"Sometimes it's just unfortunate that sometimes contracts do run down. Both parties have tried over the last while to get him to stay.

"We’ve been really good and the club has been good at transfers over the last five years, protecting ourselves with long contracts and understanding where we are in the food chain in terms of selling players.

"That’s not an issue. You have to accept that and understand that. We’re fine with that, it’s about trying to build that market for yourself and I think we’ve done OK.

"I couldn’t say a bad word about Danny. He’s been brilliant to deal with, it's just one of those things.

"He wants to challenge himself somewhere else