Bristol Rovers have secured the signing of centre-back James Connolly from Cardiff City, with the promotion hero signing a three-year contract at the Mem and completing one of Joey Barton’s main transfer missions of the summer.
Connolly formed an outstanding partnership alongside fellow 20-year-old Connor Taylor during his six-month loan from the Bluebirds in the second half of the 2021/22 campaign in League Two.
Connolly made 24 appearances, with Rovers keeping 12 clean sheets with him on the pitch, in what was his first season in senior football after Under-23 appearances for Cardiff and previous club Blackburn Rovers.
