Coyne has signed a three year deal with the Clarets and he has cost us £25,000, the second time Steve Cotterill has paid out a fee.
Welsh international keeper Coyne has been at the Walkers Stadium for a year after signing on a Bosman transfer from
The 30-year-old Prestatyn born keeper started his career on Merseyside with Tranmere Rovers and finally won his place in the side replacing Eric Nixon. He went on to play in 111 league games for the Birkenhead club before moving east to join
In four seasons at Blundell Park he missed just three games and became something of a fixture in the team but following relegation a year ago it was time to move on although Grimsby were very keen to keep him.
He chose Leicester and he played in just four Premiership games, incredibly three of them as a substitute. He twice replaced
His only Premiership start was in a 2-2 draw at Bolton although he played a Carling Cup game and in three internationals for
Steve Cotterill joined the
He won’t be in the side tomorrow but will link up with the Clarets on Monday having just returned from Leicester’s pre-season tour with
It was
Cotterill said after completing the deal, “I am delighted to have him in the squad and it has taken a while to get him here. He is a terrific keeper and one that I earmarked to come in here, so we’re pleased to have him.
“We needed another keeper because we only had Brian Jensen before and Danny is an international who is fighting to be number one for