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It feels like a long time coming, 20 days in fact, but the official site is reporting that the club have signed midfielder Stephen O'Leary on a one year deal.
The 23 year old Irishman is a versatile midfielder formerly of Luton and Tranmere where he played a total of 56 times, including time in the Championship, scoring six goals. He was offered a new deal at Luton in the summer but rejected the reduced terms two weeks ago.
Luton boss Mick Harford said at the time: "Stephen was offered a contract, it was less money than he was on the previous year because we couldn't afford to pay him the salary he was on the previous year, so he was entitled to a free transfer. We gave him permission to speak to other clubs, I don't think he has got himself fixed up yet, but we did offer him a contract."
The following is part of the profile at http://www.lutonfc.com/playerprofile.asp?PlayerID=90:
Stephen had a solid if unspectacular season for Luton Town during the 2007-08 campaign - a season that was arguably the worst in the Hatters' history.
One of only a handful of players to emerge from a woeful season with any credit, Stephen didn't feature in the first-team squad under manager Kevin Blackwell and, although he was given a place on the substitutes bench on various occasions (making a rare outing as a late substitute at Premiership giants Liverpool in a televised FA Cup Third Round replay), he remained a squad member rather than a first-team regular. However, following the departure of Blackwell in January 2008, Stephen became a regular in the centre of Luton's midfield under new boss Mick Harford.
