Derry City midfielder Will Patching has departed the League of Ireland to move to Carlisle United on a two-and-a-half-year contract when the January transfer window opens.
Patching, 26, joins the struggling League Two side after the expiration of his deal with Derry.
The former Manchester City youth player signed for Dundalk ahead of their 2020 season, before heading to Derry City, initially on loan, in 2021.
He returned to Dundalk and scored in both legs of their Europa Conference League play-off game whilst also featuring in the majority of their Premier Division games that season.
The midfielder then returned to Derry on a permanent basis ahead of the 2022 season and leaves the club having made over…