Joey Barton is delighted to be reunited with Luke McCormick claiming the midfield was one of the “few positives” from Bristol Rovers’ relegation season, with the 23-year-old returning to the Mem on a three-year contract.
McCormick is now a full-time Rovers player after several weeks of painstaking negotiations between the Gas and AFC Wimbledon in which the move threatened to collapse but with the September 1 deadline drawing near, an agreement has been reached.
McCormick has moved to north Bristol for an undisclosed fee and becomes Barton’s seventh summer signing in what is set to be a hectic end to the summer window. He is already well-known at Rovers following his season on loan from Chelsea in 2020/21 in which the midfielder scored six goals and added two assists in 39 appearances, but was unable to save the Gas from relegation.
