Shane Duffy leaves Blackburn after rollercoaster month

The Championship club have replaced Duffy with another Irish defender.

Irish international Shane Duffy has joined Brighton on a four-year deal.

Chris Hughton has signed the 24-year-old centre-half from Championship rivals Blackburn for a reported £4.5million.

Brighton sign Shane Duffy from Blackburn—his season so far:

5 games
3 own goals
2 goals
1 red card
1 transfer pic.twitter.com/jQdkViQGzg

— B/R Football (@brfootball) August 26, 2016

Blackburn have already replaced Duffy by signing Irish under-21 international Tommie Hoban on-loan from Watford.

Rovers are delighted to announce the signings of defenders Tommie Hoban and Derrick Williams https://t.co/IydQwr10ov pic.twitter.com/BlYw0IBW1B

— Blackburn Rovers (@Rovers) August 26, 2016

Meanwhile, Aston Villa have allowed Irish Under-21 international Kevin Toner to join League One side Walsall on loan until January.

BREAKING | Kevin Toner joins on loan from @AVFCOfficial ... https://t.co/yAlMZ3Supq pic.twitter.com/iioXwNTYiu

— Walsall FC (@WFCOfficial) August 26, 2016

The Meath native is highly-rated at Villa Park and was widely tipped to break into their first-team squad this season.