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Town Sign Rotherham Striker Ladapo Monday, 30th May 2022 18:07
Town have announced the signing of former Rotherham striker Freddie Ladapo on a three-year deal once his Millers deal is up at the end of June.
Adding firepower to the squad has been high on the Blues' priorities during the close season with Kieran McKenna’s side having been unable to turn dominant displays into goals on a number of occasions during 2021/22.
“I’ve had a long day doing paperwork, the medical and meeting people, but I am so pleased to have signed here,” Ladapo told iFollow Ipswich.
“Everyone has been so good to me already and shown me around the training ground and stadium.
“The chance to come and play for this club, with the history and fanbase it has, is brilliant for me. I am buzzing.
“The manager has plans and goals here, and this feels like the perfect fit for me.”
Manager McKenna said: “We are really happy to have secured Freddie’s services.
“He is a proven goalscorer at this level but beyond that he brings qualities to the side that we think will be important for us.
“Freddie has a good physical stature, the ability to run beyond the defence, and is good in one-on-one situations. He’s a signing that we think can be really important for us.”
Ladapo, 29, was a youth player with Southend and Colchester before making his first league appearances with the U’s in 2012/13 and spent stints on loan at Thurrock, Chelmsford, Bishop Stortford, Woking and Nuneaton while with the North Essex side.
Spells with Kidderminster, Hayes & Yeading (loan), Grays (loan) and Margate followed before a big move to Premier League Crystal Palace in March 2016.
The 6ft 2in tall striker joined Oldham and then Shrewsbury on loan and left the Eagles in January 2018 having made only two senior sub appearances to join Southend.
Six months later, he moved on to Plymouth, before he signed for Rotherham for a reported £500,000 in the summer of 2019, the South Yorkshire club’s record signing.
Romford-born Ladapo scored 41 goals in 78 starts and 45 sub appearances in his three years with the Millers, 17 in his first in League One, nine in the Championship and 15 in League One last season.
He was a member of the team which won the Papa John's Trophy by beating Sutton United 4-2 after extra-time at Wembley in April.
In January, Rotherham announced that Ladapo had handed in a transfer request with Sheffield Wednesday having shown interest.
A fortnight ago, the Millers announced that they had released the striker despite having an option to keep him for a further season having left him out of their final three games of their promotion campaign.
Ladapo becomes Town’s first signing of the summer and manager McKenna’s first permanent senior recruit since he took over at Portman Road in December.
Photos: ITFC
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Looks like sound judgement ; guess our ‘selectors ‘ will have detailed knowledge of any character weaknesses or defaults ,for KM will be looking for reliability and consistent application ! COYB
Decent signing this. Fits the mould of the tall, athletic striker that Mckenna has mentioned he wants in his system. Decent goal return over the last couple of years! Free agent too, means more in the budget for our the worldy left sided player we are hopefully going to sign. Good start to the summer!
Was never convinced by him, but I suppose he has a decent enough goal return at this level. Hopefully he proves me wrong & does really well for us, scoring key goals. I'll certainly get behind him when he puts on the shirt. I'm assuming that he is not going to be our first choice centre forward for the season ahead & that someone else is being lined up for that role, with Jackson & Ladapo in support or as alternatives.
Rotherham fans on Twitter praise his ability but criticise his attitude - claim he's the type who acts as if bigger than the club. Sounds like he was unsettled, perhaps Ipswich is where he can settle. Good luck!
25 goals in 62 games in league one is decent and we now have a bit of height up front when needed. What's not to like. Still need a potent striker through the middle as well as him so 🤞
Please score lots of goals and secure us promotion as you have done twice with Rotherham.
Now we need to sign a few players capable of taking a decent corner, free kick or getting in crosses into the box for Freddie and others to score from.
He had issues at Rotherham. He put in a transfer request and disrupted the dressing room. I hope he has left all that behind him. If he has, I think we are getting a championship quality striker on a free. Welcome Freddie. Essex boy so probably hates Norwich already.
Wow, that Rotherham highlight package has a lot of tap-ins! (Got to get there to get them, I suppose!) And, wow, as many former clubs as a Paul Hur$t signing! But, hey, welcome to Town, Freddie, score hatfuls! :-)
He has a decent scoring record in league 1 so getting him with no fee looks like a good signing. Hopefully we can now spend our money on a 20+ goal a season striker, a left wing back as good as Burns and a creative central midfielder.
This signing is a bit uninspiring. Not a great goal return and watching the videos doesn't look technically brilliant. That said, he's big, strong and gets into the box. Hopefully our style of play will suit him and help improve his seasonal goal tally. I really hoped we can find a 20+ goal a season striker, just not convinced Ladapo is it. But if anyone can get the best out of a player, I have faith in KMK
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