St Mirren Football Club is delighted to announce the signing of Declan John on a short-term contract subject to clearance.
The Welsh international joins up with Saints until January 2025.
Capped seven times by Wales, Declan was most recently with Bolton Wanderers and spent last season on loan at Salford City.
The 29-year-old began his career at Cardiff City and had loan spells at Barnsley, Chesterfield and Rangers before signing with the Ibrox club on a permanent basis. He would return down south, moving to Swansea City with loans at both Sunderland and Bolton before joining Wanderers permanently in 2021.
Speaking to stmirren.com, Declan said: "I’m absolutely delighted to be here.
"It’s been a crazy few days. I came up on Thursday, trained on Friday and went to watch the game on Saturday which was a great win for the boys. I’ve enjoyed it and I’m really looking forward to getting back into training.
From walking in, everything has been so positive and you can feel that in the changing room. It feels like a really good place to be."
Manager Stephen Robinson added: "Declan is here on a short-term deal with a view to extending depending on how it goes.
"The circumstances we find ourselves in means we’re very short of defence cover. Declan comes in with a vast amount of experience. He’s played at some very high levels and obviously been up in Scotland before as well so we’re very lucky that we’ve been able to get him in.
We’ve seen his quality in his first couple of days in training. He’s a talented boy, is very good technically but he hasn’t played a lot of football in recent months so that’s something we need to look at and try to get him up to speed.
"To add to the squad with the quality and background Declan has, I believe we are very lucky at this stage of the season."
