Friday 10 January 2014

MADDEN ON THE MOVE TO IRON

Almost one year on from permanently signing for Yeovil Town, Paddy Madden is moving again; with League Two leaders Scunthorpe United his new destination.

Madden, 23, signed for the Glovers for a fee of £15,000 from Carlisle United in January 2013, following a successful loan spell.

He then went to top the League One goal scoring charts, with 23 goals in all competitions-including their opening goal in their Play-Off final win over Brentford, as Yeovil won promotion to the Championship for the first time in their history.

However, once the Glovers began their Championship campaign, Madden-despite receiving his first international cap for the Republic of Ireland- failed to find the back of the net with the same frequency that he had done in the previous season.

This, in turn, led to him being transfer listed at the beginning of November.

The move is likely to earn the Glovers in the region of £300,000, some of which will go to Carlisle who had a sell-on clause as part of the deal, which could prove useful to manager Gary Johnson in terms of potential squad strengthening in the current January transfer window.