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Transfer news: Blackpool sign former Celtic and Leeds defender Darren O'Dea on short-term deal

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Image: Darren O'Dea: Happy to get a chance at Blackpool

Defender Darren O'Dea is the latest new arrival at Blackpool after agreeing terms on a short-term deal until January.

The 27-year-old former Celtic defender has spent the past month on trial at Bloomfield Road and has impressed sufficiently enough to be offered a contract by Seasiders boss Lee Clark.

O'Dea has had loan spells with Reading, Ipswich and Leeds in the Sky Bet Championship but was most recently in Ukraine and he has been a free agent since leaving Metalurh Donetsk in August.

"I had a tough year in Ukraine, so I'm delighted to be at a good football club with good people, and I'm looking forward to getting started," he told Blackpool's official website.

"I was desperate to play football again and I'm looking to now help the team."

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The move is subject to both international and Football League clearance.