Freddy Hall has opted to remain at Limerick and vowed to help the Irish side make an immediate return to the SSE Airtricity League.

Hall believes he has “unfinished business” at the Munster province side who suffered relegation after losing 2-1 on aggregate to Finn Harps in a promotion-relegation play-off tie.

The Bermuda goalkeeper has decided to sign a two-year deal to stay Market Fields despite attracting plenty of interest from other top-flight Irish clubs.

“It feels good to be staying on,” Hall said. “We did well in the second half of the season and we feel there is unfinished business, especially after the way it ended.

“My agents, advisers and I talked about it and I wanted to stay here more than anything. I had other offers but I have really enjoyed my time here.

“It’s a good group and working with Eddie [Hickey, the goalkeeping coach] has been really enjoyable.”

The 30-year-old joined Limerick in July after suffering relegation with English non-League side Telford United. His superb performances helped lift Limerick off the bottom of the table, gathering 23 points in their final 12 matches.

Hall said he was confident the team could bounce back to the top flight if they can keep the core group of players together.

“The run we went on was amazing,” said the former Toronto FC goalkeeper. “People couldn’t have thought we would do that. We put in so much hard work and we were gutted we couldn’t complete the job in the end.

“The supporters have been unbelievable. The Markets Field has been great for us and the support we had there and away from home was tremendous. We can’t take that for granted.”