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Barrow have signed Pijus Otegbayo on loan from Championship club Stoke City until January.

The 19-year-old Irish defender made three league appearances for the Potters last season, but has not featured in this campaign.

Otegbayo, who goes straight into the starting line-up for the game with Boston United (15:00 GMT) is the younger brother of Sheffield Wednesday player Gabriel.

Barrow have brought in goalkeeper Noah Cooper and defender Adam Alimi-Adetoro to further boost their squad for the National League.

Cooper, 20, has joined on loan from Stoke City, while Alimi-Adetoro was at Halifax Town for two years before leaving in the summer.

Having trained with the Bluebirds for a few weeks, the 24-year-old Irishman has signed a permanent contract, the length of which has not been revealed.

Alimi-Adetaro has gone straight onto the substitutes' bench for the game at Tamworth (15:00 BST).

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Hartlepool United have signed Barrow midfielder Jack Earing on an initial short-term loan.

Earing, 27, will be with the Pools for at least one month working under head coach Pete Wild, as he did earlier in his career at Halifax Town.

The midfielder joined Barrow from Walsall in the summer of 2025 and played 32 times last season, but he has not featured at all for the Bluebirds in the National League this campaign.