'John Egan mentioned him to somebody': how a £10m striker ended up at Bohs

“When he came over and trained, he was raving about how he loved the Irish lads, Enda (Stevens) and John Egan and so on, and he was saying it was similar to his time at Sheffield United."

Lys Mousset turned 29 over the weekend but has been out of the game for over a year. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

John Egan was the catalyst to his former £10m Sheffield United teammate Lys Mousset making a sensational move to Bohemians.

Alan Reynolds has confirmed the former French U21 international will make his Gypsies debut in Sunday’s Dublin derby against Shamrock Rovers before an expected crowd of 30,000 at Lansdowne Road.