St Mirren have moved to sign Caolan Boyd-Munce.
The 23-year-old has joined the Buddies as a free agent on a deal until the end of the season.
The Paisley club holds the option of extending the contract in the summer, but the short-term deal allows for the player to prove himself to manager Stephen Robinson.
The midfielder joins up with his teammates at the SMISA Stadium having left Middlesbrough in January.
From Northern Ireland, he started his career at Glentoran before moving to Birmingham City.
He eventually signed for Boro and has been capped at u21s level for Northern Ireland.
The player said: "I had quite a few offers but none of them felt 100%. As soon as I had my first day here I called my mum and dad and told them I thought this was the one.
I came in to train for a few days and when I got here I was put at ease because it was a cracking dressing room. The boys made me feel so welcome and the levels and intensity of training were brilliant.
"The manager knows how to get the best out of players and I'm really looking forward to working with him. He didn't really need to make much of a sell. Because I know him and he knows me he just told me how it is and what he needs from me and that was it.
"I like to play," he continued. "I wanted to come somewhere that I'm going to get the ball and there are players that want the ball. I want to play forward and control the game."
Robinson added: "It's a short-term contract for Caolan to prove himself.
"Caolan is a young international that I worked with previously as a young boy. He's technically very good. He's playing catch up fitness-wise, but he has a great attitude and is someone that we feel if we can develop there may be something longer term for him.
"We're trying to fill the gap that we've had since Ethan [Erhahon] left. He's a similar type of player to Ethan who I think we have missed.
"He can certainly be in the squad going forward and play 10/15 minutes in matches. But with the intensity we play at it might take him a bit of time to get up to speed.
"This deal is more a view to what we can do next season. We are trying to be proactive and have a look at positions we want but also being able to utilise him if needed this season."
