WEYMOUTH have welcomed back former captain Jake McCarthy as part of a deal which sees Ezio Touray leave the club. 

A deal has been struck between the Terras and Dorset rivals Poole Town which means Touray and McCarthy have swapped allegiances. 

McCarthy skippered the Terras when they won promotion to the National League when he enjoyed a stunning 2019/20 campaign, scoring 10 times and creating seven goals in his 42 appearances.

The goal scoring midfielder has signed for two seasons and will remain at the Bob Lucas until the end of the 2025/26 season.

Heading in the other direction along the Dorset coast, Touray will join up with the Dolphins on a permanent deal after scoring 17 goals in 55 appearances. 

Ezio Touray has left Weymouth and joined Poole Town Ezio Touray has left Weymouth and joined Poole Town (Image: Mark Probin) In what was a busy day of transfer action on Friday, Weymouth also confirmed that the Wycombe Wanderers duo of Christie Ward and Jaiden Bartolo will remain at the club until at least January.

Bartolo scored his first goal for the club in the 1-1 draw with Weston-super-Mare last week and has been called up to the Gibraltar international team for their upcoming Nations League games against San Marino and Moldova

Paul Maitland: "An agreement has been reached between Poole Town and Weymouth that will see Ezio join Poole permanently.

Ezio has become a huge fan favourite during his time with us and leaves us all with some great memories of his time here both on and off the pitch. We wish Ezio nothing but success for the future and thank him for his contribution to Weymouth.

Sometimes in football, you have to make difficult decisions that from the outside don’t always make sense, but at times you have to do what’s best for the player and the club.

On that note, as we say goodbye to Ezio it gives us great pleasure to welcome home double promotion-winning captain Jake McCarthy who comes in the opposition direction as part of the deal.

"Jake needs no introduction and brings with him some much-needed goal threat from midfield. Jake will not only be here for the remainder of this season but also next season as well.

When the opportunity came up to bring Jake back to the Bob Lucas it was one we couldn’t turn down."