Irish international Shane Duffy has joined Brighton on a four-year deal.
Chris Hughton has signed the 24-year-old centre-half from Championship rivals Blackburn for a reported £4.5million.
Brighton sign Shane Duffy from Blackburn—his season so far:
— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) August 26, 2016
5 games
3 own goals
2 goals
1 red card
1 transfer pic.twitter.com/jQdkViQGzg
Blackburn have already replaced Duffy by signing Irish under-21 international Tommie Hoban on-loan from Watford.
Rovers are delighted to announce the signings of defenders Tommie Hoban and Derrick Williams https://t.co/IydQwr10ov pic.twitter.com/BlYw0IBW1B
— Blackburn Rovers (@Rovers) August 26, 2016
Meanwhile, Aston Villa have allowed Irish Under-21 international Kevin Toner to join League One side Walsall on loan until January.
BREAKING | Kevin Toner joins on loan from @AVFCOfficial ... https://t.co/yAlMZ3Supq pic.twitter.com/iioXwNTYiu
— Walsall FC Official (@WFCOfficial) August 26, 2016
The Meath native is highly-rated at Villa Park and was widely tipped to break into their first-team squad this season.
