Kevin O'Connor extends Cork City loan deal

Cork City’s Kevin O’Connor has extended his loan deal till the end of the 2019 season. O’Connor has been on loan with the Leesiders from Preston North End.

The left back who can also play midfield has scored seven goals in 142 appearances in his career for all the respective clubs he has played for.

Having joined Cork this season on loan from Preston, O’Connor commented on the extension of his deal via corkcityfc.ie; “It was a decision I came to, having thought long and hard about it over the break.

“I am happy here, playing games and, since John Cotter has come in, I think our performances have upped; it is just a matter of getting more confidence back and more wins.”

“I think lads have had a good break and some time for themselves, and they are coming back in now with new belief and we are ready to work hard going into a busy spell of games that we have ahead of us.

“Hopefully, we can get off to a good start on Friday and that will kick start the season. I think we are in a false position and hopefully we can rectify that in the second half of the season.

“Europe is always an attraction, getting to play in big games. I think we have got a good draw and, hopefully, we can turn it into an even better draw,” the 24-year-old added.  

“Everyone has seen who awaits us in the second round if everything goes according to plan, but we can’t look past the first round.”