 However, in April 2010 it was announced he had been sacked from Rotherham for breaking club discipline rules several times.The club did not divulge what the final breach was; though the "bitterly disappointed" manager said that while the player was "full of remorse" his teammates would not be "too sorry to see him go".He received interest from Micky Adams' Port Vale, and joined the club on trial in July 2010.