City have snapped up Swindon striker Alan Connell on a two-year deal.

The 29-year-old becomes Phil Parkinson’s eighth summer signing and links up with his new team-mates in time for their week-long trip to Ireland.

Parkinson said: "I'm obviously delighted to get Alan on board. He's an intelligent striker with a good goalscoring record in recent years and will add something different to our attack."

Connell finished top scorer with 13 goals in Paulo Di Canio’s title-winning side but was deemed surplus to requirements by the Italian for League One.

The former Bournemouth, Brentford and Hereford hitman joined Swindon a year ago from Grimsby for a fee believed to be over £100,000.

City swooped after Swindon came to an agreement with London-born Connell, who had another 12 months on his County Ground contract to run. He passed a medical before putting pen to paper.

Scunthorpe and Stevenage were among several clubs who had also been linked with him.