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Darragh Culhane

Irish ace Cathal Heffernan shares snaps as he returns to training with AC Milan

Cathal Heffernan has returned to pre season training with AC Milan as he hopes to break into the first team.

Heffernan is among Ireland's hottest prospects and made a high profile move to the Italian giants earlier this year.

The talented youngster made his debut with Cork but after a successful trial with AC Milan, managed to bag a permanent move.

And Heffernan, who is son of Marian and Rob Heffernan, is back in pre season training as he hopes to make a splash with the club.

Posting on social media, Cathal shared a number of snaps as he was put through his paces.

Heffernan, 17, moved from Cork City to the Italian giants in a loan deal at the end of January.

The Ireland underage star has done enough to impress Rossoneri bosses and will be staying on in Milan.

He finished the season by making his debut at ‘Primavera 1’ level - and by training with first-team stars such as Zlatan Ibrahimović and Olivier Giroud.

The defender has made almost 20 appearances at underage level, and before the season ended he made the step up to a side made up mostly of Under-19s and older reserve team players.

The Cork native made his first team debut for Cork City in the final game of last season, having joined from Ringmahon Rangers three years ago.

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