Luke Wade-Slater relishing Larne deal after pre-season progress

The 22-year-old made 35 appearances for Bohemians in the League of Ireland following a 2019 move, having started his career with Stevenage in England.

The former Republic of Ireland youth international spent time with Larne across the summer schedule and featured in a friendly against Derry City.

Now he has secured a contract with the Danske Bank Premiership club.

“I have spent time at the club during pre-season and I’m really glad to get the deal done to join permanently,” Wade-Slater told the official Larne website. “I have spent time playing as full-back when I was younger and mainly as a winger when I was at Bohs.

“When I played against Derry in the recent friendly I played wide right, so I’m hopefully I can bring versatility.

“I know some of the lads from earlier in my career, lads like Graham Kelly and Ronan Hale and I was impressed when I came up here.

“I know the side finished last season really strongly and everyone is itching to get back to competitive football.

“Hopefully I can contribute and hit the ground running.”

Larne boss Tiernan Lynch expressed his satisfaction at getting the deal over the line.

“We’ve said this summer that we were looking to add a bit of pace and directness in the final third and we’re delighted to bring in Luke to help with that,” said Lynch on the Larne website. “He complements what we already have and I’m delighted to get him in and have him as part of our squad for the season ahead.”

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