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Paul Hartley has continued his summer rebuild with the capture of central defender Cameron Stewart.

The 6’ 2” Northern Irishman joins us on loan from Ipswich Town for the 2023/24 campaign.

Cameron was brought into the Portman Road youth academy in 2019 after catching the eye of scouts while playing for Linfield, and has represented his country at various age levels.

Having spent last season with Crusaders back in his homeland, he believes coming on loan to Scotland, and hopefully getting plenty first team football, is the obvious next step in his career:

“My agent and Paul were in contact, I came up last week and really liked the set-up, and I felt right away this was the place for me. I enjoyed my time with Crusaders, it felt like I was playing proper men’s football there, and I was happy with how it went.

“I’m ready for this move and can’t wait to get started.

“I see this as a step-up, I’ve watched Scottish football for years and I think it’s a good standard. It’s going to be a good test for me at this stage of my career. I know there have been a lot of changes here this summer and I’m sure I’ll settle in okay. For me personally, it’s all about getting as much game time as I can and trying to help the club get back up to the Championship.”

Cameron is the eighteenth new face to arrive at Balmoral Stadium since the end of last season, and the manager believes he will be an important addition to the squad:

“He’s another good defensive option, fits the profile of the type of player we’ve been trying to sign, is young and full of energy. He’s a ball playing centre-half, but he’s also aggressive and we liked what we saw of him last week.

“Cameron comes out of a good youth set-up at a big club, he’ll have learned good habits, and this is a real opportunity for him to establish himself. He made an impact last week when he was here, we’ve studied a lot of his footage from last season, and I’m looking forward to working with him.”

The twenty-year old trained with his new team-mates this morning, and subject to FA approval and international clearance being granted, will be in the squad for Saturday’s League One opener at Hamilton.

We would like to thank Ipswich Town for their help in securing Cameron’s services.

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