Second Luke

Cliftonville Football Club are very pleased to announce the signing of Luke Turner on loan from Aberdeen.

The 19-year-old central defender, who featured in last week’s pre-season friendly against Dungannon Swifts, began his career with Manor Town in his native Dublin and had spells on the books of Lourdes Celtic, Shelbourne and Cherry Orchard before joining the Shamrock Rovers Academy.

Since his move to Aberdeen in 2018, the Republic of Ireland youth international has enjoyed loan spells with Turriff United and Wexford and, having become only the second Luke to sign for Cliftonville in the Club’s history – just a week after the first – he joins Paddy McLaughlin’s squad ahead of the 2021/22 Danske Bank Premiership campaign.