Derry City midfielder Will Patching is moving to Carlisle United on a two-and-a-half-year contract.
Patching, 26, will joins the struggling League Two side when the January transfer window opens, following the expiration of his deal with Derry.
He made over 130 appearances, scoring 35 goals.
A former Manchester City youth player, he had a spell with Dundalk ahead of their 2020 season, and then went to Derry City, initially on loan, in 2021.
He returned to Dundalk and scored in both legs of their Europa Conference League play-off game whilst also featuring in the majority of their Premier Division games that season, before going back to the Brandywell club.
