Rotherham United have signed Plymouth Argyle striker Freddie Ladapo for an undisclosed club record fee on a three-year deal.
The twenty-six-year-old finished the season as the Pilgrims top scorer last season with eighteen goals in forty-five League One appearances in a disappointing campaign for Argyle which saw them relegated to League Two.
It was a single standout season for the striker following his move from Southend United last summer. He thrived at Home Park, benefitting from the creative skills of Graham Carey and Ruben Lameiras after struggling for goals at Roots Hall.
Ladapo began his career at Colchester and enjoyed permanent spells at Kidderminster and Margate before a surprise switch to Crystal Palace. He only appeared once for the Eagles, against Manchester United, before switching to Southend.
In amongst those permanent spells he had nine different loans spells at clubs as diverse as Thurrock, Shrewsbury, Bishop’s Stortford and Oldham.
While it was undoubtedly a fantastic season in 2018/19 for Ladapo, his departure brought a muted reaction from Argyle fans with many thinking the Pilgrims had got the better of a deal considered to be worth in the region of £500,000.
Here is a selection of their responses on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/7_AJR/status/1143475089880621057
https://twitter.com/CiderAndPasties/status/1143493812578394113
Best news yet!! Lazy, arrogant and backs out of every header. Nice bit of cash now to rebuild 👍💚
— PENNY (@martinp89811291) June 25, 2019
https://twitter.com/EdLaslett/status/1143473686785273857
https://twitter.com/EdLaslett/status/1143476899374620672
https://twitter.com/Pafc_James/status/1143473378738810881
Cheers for the money lads
— argyletweets (@argyletweet) June 25, 2019
https://twitter.com/ArgyleTruth/status/1143473000450285569
All these Fans are happy about this…. He's terrible he got drip fed Tap in's. he couldnt dribble, he has a worse first touch than Lukaku. Be lucky to get any more than 3-4 goals out of him if he aint scoring Tap-ins
— OfficialRazorB (@OfficialRazorB) June 25, 2019
