Damien Duff delighted to sign 18-month deal with Shamrock Rovers

It’s official: Damien Duff has become a Shamrock Rovers player — but he’s not ready to don the famous Hooped shirt just yet.

The former Irish international, capped 100 times for his country, is still recovering from the injury which cut short his time in Australia with Melbourne City and brought him home to Dublin but he says he expects to resume full training by the end of this month, meaning he should be in line to make his debut in August.

And the 36-year-old has made it clear that he does not see the final move of a career which has taken him to the Premier League and the finals of the World Cup and European Championships as any kind of gentle retirement.