Rene Howe's two-year stay with Torquay United has come to an end after the striker agreed a two-year contract with Burton Albion.
A number of clubs had been linked with a move for the Gulls' target man, including Scottish Premier League side Hibernian, but it was the Brewers and their manager Gary Rowett who successfully managed to clinch his signature.
During his stay on the English Riviera, Howe, 26, successfully managed to rejuvenate his career after several years of playing second fiddle to Craig Mackail-Smith and Aaron MacLean at Peterborough United and a number of loan spells at a whole host of clubs in the lower leagues.
After former Torquay manager Martin Ling snapped him in 2011, following his release by the Posh, Rene marked his debut with a goal-ironically against Burton- and went on to find the back of the net 14 times in his first season-the 2011-12 campaign- as the Gulls reached the Play-Offs.
Although Torquay never managed to hit the same hits in the following season, Rene still managed to find the back of the net as he bettered the tally of his debut campaign by scoring 16 times.
In doing so he became the first Gulls' player to top the club's scoring charts in the league in consecutive seasons since Rodney Jack managed the feat in the 1996-97 and 1997-98 seasons respectively.
One of his new team-mates at the Pirelli Stadium will be another ex-Torquay striker in the form of Billy Kee.
