Bohemians have bolstered their forward line with the signing of Estonian international striker Sten Reinkort.
The 25-year-old joins the Dublin club from Flora Tallinn on a multi-year contract.
Bohs will be hoping that he fills the void left by last season's top scorer Jonathan Afolabi following the former Republic of Ireland underage international's switch to Belgian club KV Kortrijk in December.
Fellow forward Dean Williams had also departed Dalymount Park weeks earlier to join rivals Shelbourne.
Welcoming Reinkort into his squad, Bohemians manager Declan Devine said the striker department was a key area to fill following those exits and backed the Estonian to thrive.
"Sten ticks all the boxes for us. He is a full international for Estonia. He has played in a lot of high-profile games. I have watched his Champions League performances for Flora Tallin and he is a huge presence," said Devine.
"He is a huge lad with great mobility. He holds the ball up well and in 2022 was voted the best striker in the Estonian Premier Division. He has a really good pedigree, and room to grow and improve.
"We are looking forward to working with Sten. He trained very well this morning, and he has a lot of attributes that will help us as a team moving forward, so I am delighted to have him on board, and there will be another centre forward or two added to the squad in the coming weeks."
Aside from Reinkort, midfielder Dayle Rooney and the return of defender Rob Cornwall have been the two main arrivals into Bohs' first-team squad.
📝 Alfie Taylor has joined us on loan from @HullCity
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The 19-year-old centre-back has been with The Tigers since the age of 9 & signed his first professional contract there in May 2021
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St Patrick's Athletic, who beat Bohemians in last year's FAI Cup final, have added central defender Alfie Taylor on loan from English Championship side Hull City.
The 19-year-old is the Saints' seventh signing of the off-season and Pat's manager Jon Daly told the club website that the fact that the Hull-born centre-back is left-footed will be beneficial to the balance of his back four in 2024.
"Alfie is another excellent addition to our squad and we're happy to welcome him to the group," he said.
"As a left-footer, he'll give us good balance in that position and will add to and strengthen our options along with our other centre-backs.
"Alfie has been in with us for the last couple of days and has done well, he is already settling into the group.
"He's developed in the Hull City Academy for the last ten years, and has been around their first team squad too so he's got good experience for a 19-year-old.
"It's a good challenge for him coming into the League of Ireland and we're looking forward to seeing him continuing his development with us."
Meanwhile, First Division Cork City have also made a loan signing with the arrival of ex-Ireland youth international midfielder Sean Murray from Glentoran on a short-term deal that will run until the end of July.
"I know from playing at Turner's Cross in the past what it’s like to come to play against Cork City; this is a big club. For Turner’s Cross now to be my home ground is brilliant and I am really looking forward to it," the 30-year-old told CorkCityFC.ie.
