Derry City young striker joins Institute on-loan

’Stute have signed young Derry City striker Caolan McLaughlin on-loan, while midfielders Mark McFadden and Jake Morrow and defender Ciaran Deery have all joined on permanent deals with Donaghey confirming he intends on bringing more new additions into his squad.

“There has been massive strides off the pitch in terms of securing signings and we hope to have six or seven players coming in, the squad needs it,” stated Donaghey.

“Striker Caolan McLaughlin, who made his first team debut for Derry City last season, has joined on-loan while Mark McFadden who, like Caolan, played in the Derry City U19 team which won the Enda McGuill Cup a few months, has also joined. He’s a box to box midfielder who gets goals and is really energetic so I expect he’ll get about the pitch for us.

“Jake Morrow is back and we know what he can do. He can pick a pass and hopefully give us that creativity in the final third. Ciaran Deery is signing from Trojans. He’s a young, strong centre-half, who has done really well in training and wants to test himself at the highest level.

“When you look at what the players did against Ballinamallard you think, ‘Okay, we’re going in the right direction’ so by adding a bit more quality, more experience and a strike force, then we should be okay.

“I think everybody is looking forward to the players coming in. The squad was probably dreading new players coming in as they were going to be looking over their shoulder, worried about who’s going to miss out, but now I have the players ringing me and asking, ‘Right, who’s coming in?’