Paddy Kenny rewarded for selfless decision to cancel contract

Paddy Kenny will be back minding nets with a manager who always placed a lot of faith in him.

The Republic of Ireland international has signed with Rotherham for the remainder of the season after receiving an emergency call from Milners boss Neil Warnock. This will be the fifth time the goalkeeper has featured under Warnock, having played for him at Bury, Sheffield United, QPR and Leeds. The loan deal is rich reward for Kenny after he nobly cancelled another loan contract at Bury late last year. Kenny had signed a short-term deal with the Shakers less than a fortnight ago before tearing his calf in training this week. The injury would have meant that Kenny would have sat on the bench for the duration of his seven-week contract but receiving pay without working was not something that interested him. He duly asked for his contract to be terminated. At the time, Bury manager David Flitcroft said:

"We weren’t expecting it, but Paddy came to see us and said that he loves the club, he loves the fact we gave him an opportunity, but he doesn’t feel like he is going to earn his money now he is injured. "Quite incredibly he has decided he wants to cancel the contract. "Incredibly he had guaranteed money there, but he has said he can’t take money off the football club, which is quite a unique circumstance."