Stephen Robinson Labels St Mirren ‘Lucky’ to Secure Declan John

Manager Stephen Robinson stated that St Mirren is “lucky” to have secured the services of former Rangers left-back Declan John. The 29-year-old Wales international, who spent the previous season on loan at Salford City and was released by Bolton during the summer, has finalized an agreement in Paisley that extends until January. His arrival addresses the defensive vacancy created by Jaden Brown’s departure. “Declan is here on a short-term deal with a view to extending depending on how it goes,” Robinson commented. The manager further explained, “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.” Robinson also noted, “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.” Concluding his remarks, Robinson added, “To add to the squad with the quality and background Declan has, I believe we are very lucky at this stage of the season.” John expressed his satisfaction at finalizing a deal with Saints following what he described as a “crazy” few days. He recounted, “I came up on Thursday, trained on Friday and went to watch the game on Saturday which was a great win for the boys,” he said. John continued, “I’ve enjoyed it and I’m really looking forward to getting back into training.” He concluded by saying, “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.”