Warrington Town star joins Macclesfield

Warrington Town have announced that midfielder Luke Duffy has departed the club to join Macclesfield FC for an undisclosed fee.

Duffy, 24, joined the Yellows from Lower Breck in September 2020, and went on to make 92 appearances, scoring 17 goals, with ten of those coming last season, in which he played a pivotal role in Warrington Town’s promotion-winning campaign.

Most recently, the talented winger scored in the club’s first-ever National League North fixture in a 4-0 away victory over Southport.

Warrington Town confirmed that they refused an initial offer from the Silkmen, but reluctantly agreed to allow Duffy to leave after indicating that he wanted to depart to join the revitalised Cheshire East outfit.

“The club was approached with an initial offer last weekend, which it turned down, and had no intention or reason to sell a key member of the first team squad,” Warrington Town said in a club statement.

“However, despite efforts to persuade him to stay, the player made it clear that he wished to leave the club to take up a more lucrative offer with the Northern Premier League club.

“With that in mind, the club felt it was in its best interests to negotiate the best deal possible rather than having a potentially unhappy player disrupting a pivotal season in the club’s history.”