Norwich complete loan signing of Ruairi McConville from Brighton
The 19-year-old has signed a contract that will run until summer 2030.
Norwich City have completed the signing of central defender Ruairi McConville from Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion.
The 19-year-old joins the club for an undisclosed fee and has signed a contract that will run through to the summer of 2030. He will wear shirt number 15.
McConville spent time in his youth at Linfield, before joining Brighton in 2021. The defender recently made his senior debut for the Seagulls, featuring from the bench against Norwich in the Emirates FA Cup.
Prior to that, he made his senior international debut for Northern Ireland in November 2024, featuring in a UEFA Nations League victory over Belarus.
Joining the club, McConville said: "I'm very excited. I feel it's the right move for me at the right time. I'm buzzing to get started and to get in and meet everyone.
"After speaking with Johannes (Hoff Thorup) and seeing how he plays, we're both ambitious and have the same goals. I'm excited to work with him and hopefully we can get back in to the Premier League."
Sporting director Ben Knapper added: "We are delighted to welcome Ruairi and his family to Norwich City.
"He is an extremely impressive young man with great leadership potential, and culturally we feel he will fit in very well with what we are building here.
"On the pitch his qualities are well suited to our playing style, and his footballing education will give him a great foundation to transition into our environment effectively.
"We are very much looking forward to working with him to drive the next phases of his development, and career more broadly, and we’re all excited for where that journey may take us."