Rotherham United land lethal hitman Paul Mullin
Many Millers fans will be delighted by the club’s latest addition.
Rotherham United today added to their firepower by signing the most prolific lower-league scorer of recent times.
The Millers were in urgent need of a centre-forward as the new League Two campaign fast approaches and have landed former Wrexham hot-shot Paul Mullin on a two-year deal.
The 31-year-old has an amazing record at fourth-tier and National League level and is a legend in North Wales for the huge part he played in helping the Robins win consecutive promotions from non-league football to League One.
He left Wrexham this summer after agreeing to a termination of the last year of his contract at the Racecourse Ground.
The Liverpudlian, who spent time in the Liverpool and Everton academies, bagged 34 goals for League Two Cambridge United in 2022/21 before being lured in to the National League by Wrexham and achieving even greater numbers.
He hit the target 30 times in his first season with them, then scored 46 goals in 51 outings as they climbed back into the EFL the following year.
After that, came a 26-goal tally in their League Two promotion season in 2023/24.
He passed a medical with Rotherham today and has just been announced as their sixth pre-season signing.
He is, by far, the most high-profile incoming and many fans will be delighted by his arrival.
In total, he has scored 198 goals in 501 games during his career, and 110 of them came in 172 matches for Wrexham.
After playing in Wrexham's first season in League One and scoring five times in 32 appearances, he spent last term on loan at third-tier sides Wigan Athletic and Bradford City.
He grabbed a late equaliser for Wigan against the Millers at New York in a 2-2 draw in August and went on to finish with a record of five goals from 12 starts and 14 substitute outings.
In January, he joined the Bantams but that move didn't work out and he was goalless in two starts and seven sub appearances.
Fitness permitting, his first action in a Rotherham shirt is likely to come in next Tuesday's final friendly, at home to Derby County.