Port Vale have signed Crystal Palace defender Kofi Balmer on a season-long loan.
The former Northern Ireland Under-21 captain is a centre-back who can also play at full-back or wing-back.
Balmer joined Palace from Larne in 2021 after coming through the youth ranks at Ballymena United.
He played for Larne in the Europa Conference League in 2021-22 and helped them to the County Antrim Shield in the same season.
Balmer worked under Vale manager Andy Crosby when he was assistant to Northern Ireland U21s coach Ian Baraclough, and has since been called into the senior national squad.