BOHEMIANS HAVE SIGNED Republic of Ireland underage international Roland Idowu, who was released by English Championship club Cardiff City earlier this summer.
The 19-year-old attacking midfielder began his youth career in Dublin with both St Kevin’s Boys and St Joseph’s before joining Southampton’s academy in 2018.
Idowu, who can also operate on the wing, moved to Cardiff last September but despite a number of impressive cameos for the Bluebirds’ U23s, they opted against retaining his services ahead of the 2021/22 season.
The attacker has represented Ireland at U16, U17 and U18 level.
Welcoming Idowu to Dalymount Park, Bohs manager Keith Long said: “I am delighted to capture the signature of Roland.
“He is a talented player with a good pedigree and will be a very good addition to our squad.
“We are very much looking forward to working with Roland and are excited about the potential he can bring to the team.
“At 19 years of age, he is a very level-headed young lad, who is very keen to play for the club and showcase his talents.”
As a Munster fan I hate to say it, but Nienaber is definitely the man who can get Leinster to win trophies again. They have been in ruthless form for a few years, winning games almost by default, but then don’t do it when it really counts. Nienaber will be the guy who can make this Leinster team more resilient. I hope Munster can be even more resilient though and win the champions cup and the URC.
@Jorgen Hartogs: maybe last weekend was the start of that. Leinster have a habit of losing games in the last few minutes not the other way round.
@chris mcdonnell: I don’t know if we can conclude much from last week. Surely Leinster’s problem has just been the inability of their first team to beat the physically more powerful La Rochelle and prime Saracens. Sure they’ve lost a few more with heavily rotated teams, but that’s a different set of issues. At this time I’d say the major new concern would be whether we’re seeing post RWC rustiness/mental fatigue or whether some top players are now past their peak
Yikes