Raith Rovers Cost Of David Goodwillie Despite Never Playing For The Club Revealed

Raith Rovers are starting to find out the cost of signing David Goodwillie in the January transfer window, even though the striker will never play for them.

The Scottish Championship side decided to sign Goodwillie on deadline day on Monday, having previously been linked with him as early as December.

After the backlash though they finally put out a second statement admitting they'd 'got things wrong' and changing their mind having listened to the community.

"In reaching our original decision, we focused far too much on football matters and not enough on what this decision would mean for our club and the community as a whole.

"Over the past couple of days, we listened carefully to the fans who have got in touch and I’m very grateful for their honesty.

"As chairman, as a board and as a management team, we have all learned a hard but valuable lesson.

"This very unfortunate episode is something that we all bitterly regret and we are now wholly committed to making things right.

"I can therefore confirm that, following a meeting of the Raith Rovers board, the player will not be selected by Raith Rovers and we will enter into discussions with the player regarding his contractual position."

Obviously those discussions aren't likely to end with the player agreeing to leave because he's unlikely to find a team willing to sign him after the recent backlash.

He was sat in the stands for the team's draw in midweek against Queen of the South, and the manager and team were booed as they emerged from the tunnel.

Perhaps someone should have thought about all this before signing Goodwillie.