Winger Paul McGovern has joined Falkirk from Glenavon on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee.<\/p>\n
The 18-year-old netted eight goals last season in the Irish Premiership and was the stand-out player for the Lurgan Blues despite the side being relegated to the Championship for the first time since 2005.<\/p>\n
McGovern, who began his career at Newry City, has also played at U19 level for Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n
Falkirk finished sixth in their first season back in the Scottish Premiership last campaign and reached the Scottish Cup semi-finals, but were defeated by Dunfermline Athletic.<\/p>\n
“I am delighted to be joining Falkirk. I had good options in England and Scotland, but I believe Falkirk is the right choice for me at this stage in my career,” McGovern said.<\/p>\n
“The most important thing was progressing as a player. Falkirk, under John McGlynn, has a proven record of developing young talent. You only have to look at the young players they have developed in recent seasons.<\/p>\n
“I’ve played a lot of games for Glenavon, and now it’s about taking the next step. I feel Falkirk can help me reach that next level, and I’m excited to push on under the manager and his team.”<\/p>\n
McGovern is the third new signing of the summer window for Falkirk as they aim to continue their strong form in the top flight.<\/p>\n
Bairns boss McGylnn, who was nominated for PFA Manager of the Year, added that the youngster has “huge potential”.<\/p>\n
“Paul is an attacking player who can play across all front positions,” McGlynn said.<\/p>\n
“He is a young player with huge potential and he is highly thought of within the international set up.<\/p>\n
“We have been tracking Paul for some time and have beaten many Scottish and English top level clubs to get his signature.<\/p>\n
“I would like to thank Glenavon, who have been great to work with and have done a wonderful job coaching Paul to such a high standard”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Winger Paul McGovern has joined Falkirk from Glenavon on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee. The 18-year-old…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":703765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-703764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}