Dominic Iorfa verdict imminent for Rotherham United

Dominic Iorfa is poised to make a decision on whether he will join Rotherham United and play a part in their League Two rebuilding project.

The Millers have offered the experienced centre-half a contract at AESSEAL New York Stadium and are expecting an answer over the weekend.

The 31-year-old, who has spent most of his career in the Championship with Wolverhampton Wanderers and Sheffield Wednesday, is a free agent after leaving the Owls and has spent the last week training with Rotherham.

"It's not just about finances, it's opportunity, it's location," boss Alex Bruce told the Advertiser. "It's about, where is he settled? Where's do his kids go to school? All these kind of things come into the process of it.

"Is he a player who would help us? Of course he is. He's played at a higher level all of his career. He's a very, very good player. Yu can see that when he trains with us.

“Would he add to the group? Yeah, of course. He’s spent a long time at a higher lever If we can bring him in it would be a big addition to us. But we'll have to wait and see.

"It's his call over the next couple of days. He's going to make a decision on it and then we'll take it from there."

Iorfa is just the kind of seasoned campaigner who would strengthen a young Millers backline as the club seek to bounce back from three poor seasons by putting themselves in the promotion frame in the fourth tier this term.

It's to their advantage that the defender lives in Rotherham, is settled in the area and has children in school here.

The Millers won't be able to get near to matching the wages he was on at Hillsborough, so it pretty much comes down to what kind of pay cut the player is prepared to take.

The Advertiser asked Bruce if Rotherham had said to him: 'This is our best offer.' The head replied: 'To a degree, yes.'

The Millers, who made 15 summer signings, have an amount of money left over from the transfer window that can be put towards a free-agent arrival.

It's possible that they will look elsewhere if Iorfa turns them down.

"Only if the right individual is available," Bruce said. "If he is, then we will look to try to do it. I don't think I'll be pushed into doing something if it's not the right individual, the right character, the right fit for us.

"I'm delighted with the business that we've done in such a short period of time. If we are going to add one, it needs to be the right one."

Southend-born Iorfa played close 100 times for Wolves and then made more than 200 appearances for the Owls in a seven-year stint in S6 between 2019 and 2026.