Cork City Football Club are delighted to announce the signing of Ian Turner.

The 26 year old, who made almost one hundred league appearances for the club prior to leaving in 2014, was in excellent form for Limerick last season, netting eight times in twenty-nine starts and also contributing thirteen assists.

Speaking to CorkCityFC.ie, Turner said: “I am delighted to be back. I feel like I have progressed, so I want to come back now, make the step-up and hopefully have a successful year.”

“Winning the player of the month award (for October) was a huge personal honour for me and a great achievement as well. Last season for me was all about playing as many games as I could, scoring goals and setting up goals. I was able to do that, so hopefully I can push on next year and do even better.”

“That (the chance to win silverware) was one of the main reasons I came back. Fingers crossed we will be able to fight on every front and we want to be able to win silverware; that’s the main goal for us.”

“It will be a really good squad. The club has been up there challenging for the last two years and there was a real disappointment after the FAI Cup Final, but it gives you a taste of what is to come and we want to go one better. The squad John is putting together is more than capable of that.”

Cork City boss John Caulfield backed the winger to make a positive impact on his side, saying: “I’m very happy with the signing. When I first came to the club, Ian was a player here and he didn’t feature much so he went out on loan to Limerick. At the start of last season, I felt he needed more games, more goals and more consistency and I was delighted with how well he did at Limerick last season.”

“I have watched him more than ten times with Limerick this year and I felt that he stepped up to the mark. He scored a lot of goals and got a lot of assists, as well as winning the player of the month award for October. He needed to perform week-in, week-out at a higher level and I saw a distinct difference in his performances this season. I think the big challenge for Ian is to perform consistently because the pressure at this club is massive, but he knows that, he is a Cork lad and he knows exactly what I am looking for.”

“Our defensive record in the last two years has been fantastic. At the other end of the pitch, we haven’t been creating enough or scoring enough. We haven’t had real out-and-out wingers, which is why we brought in Steven Beattie in the summer. As everyone could see, we were strong defensively but we need to improve in attacking areas. Ian has strength, he’s fantastic crosser of the ball and he has great pace. We have told Ian exactly how we want him to play and he has to go out and perform, but I think he has the confidence from last season and I think he knows that he can do it with us.”

Hear more from Ian and John Caulfield on CorkCityFC.ie tomorrow.