Rotherham United came calling

and the chance to manage in League One was irrestible. The first 19 games consisted of 17 wins and 2 losses. Subsequent form has been slightly chequered however.

We sold our two starting centre backs in the January window for a combined £1.3m, starting goalkeeper for 750k and our star CM for £2m. This all needed to be done to address the financial issues the club found itself in having only £134k in the bank, now the balance is a much more pleasing on the eye £2.67m.

Ilya Tchizh — The first signing of my career.

On the 27/02/2021 I signed a two year extension with the club that saw my deal run through to 30/06/2023 this deal ensured I’d be able to play with the fruits of my labour as my first signing Ilya Tchizh the 17 year old from Belarus was only due to join after my contract was due to expire.

A dreadful youth intake this year put a downer on things but they’re still looking up as we sit 1st in the league and are in the Checkatrade Trophy Final.

Details of agreement with Tottenham Hotspurs.

Having already had Marcus Edwards on loan from Tottenham Hotspurs we went about securing a closer relationship with the club, they would send us loan players and cover the cost of their wages additionally we would host a fixture between the clubs every year and keep all gate reciepts and finally we will be paid a lump sum of £103k per year.

We won the Checkatrade Trophy Final against Ipswich and managed to finish top of league one despite only winning one of our last five.